Womens Work

Feminomics: A Woman's Place - Still in the (Poor) House

Meizhu Lui | Posted 12.21.2009 | Business


Meizhu Lui

The American myth is that hard work makes you rich. But the work of enslaved people didn't make African-Americans rich. Women's work never made women rich.

Women's Labor and Infertility

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Elizabeth Gregory

Released from old biological constraints, women have flooded the universities and climbed career ladders, redefining "women's work" by expanding it to include just about every field, and doubling our national talent pool.

A Family-Friendly Recession?: Cut Hours, Not Jobs

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business


Elizabeth Gregory

During a recession, gains for women earned through years of effort may be swept away in the undertow of layoffs, when flexibility and diversity efforts suddenly disappear.

Childcare as Infrastructure: Minting the Common Wealth

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 01.08.2009 | Home


Elizabeth Gregory

While Obama aims to fund traditional infrastructure-maintenance work, in the big picture, good, affordable childcare shores up infrastructure of an even more essential kind, our citizens.

Kisses for My President: Work/Family Balance in the White House and in Your House

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Elizabeth Gregory

While this political season won't yield a woman president, it has seen a movement of women into the political forefront as never before.

Sarah Palin Helps the Dems -- But What about the Ladies?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics


Elizabeth Gregory

Will Palin's difficulty on the big stage set back the progress of women into higher office?

Never Done and Under Paid

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living


Elizabeth Gregory

This year Labor Day and Women's Equality Day bookend the week: a timely conjunction, since tension over what properly constitutes women's work is the crux of much of our current public discourse.

Births Up -- No, Down!: Stats and the Politics of Fertility Anxiety

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 09.27.2008 | Style


Elizabeth Gregory

Anxiety helps put pressure on women to have babies now, at whatever age -- along with the recent highly politicized decreases in access to birth control, especially for younger women.