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By Carol Evans

As the founder and President of Working Mother Media I have been involved with the advancement of working moms for 30 years. I am often a keynote speaker on the subject of work-life balance, the advancement of women, barriers facing women of color, and leadership. When asked to appear on major talk shows including The Early Show, The Today Show, Oprah, Good Morning America, PBS's To the Contrary and on hundreds of radio shows or to comment in newspapers nationwide, I love to tell the world how hard working mothers work to keep their families and the businesses they work for moving and growing. I told many of my stories in the award-winning book: This is How We Do It: The Working Mothers' Manifesto. 

Join me in this amazing conversation. By the way, I would not be a working mom without my two great kids - all grown up - Julia Rose and Robert Scott; and my husband Bob Coulombe is by my side every step of this journey. Let me know what you are thinking!

When we first launched Working Mother magazine, we met with a lot ofhostility. People thought we were revolutionaries who wanted to break down the family structure. “No,” we said, “we want to help women who have decided to have both family and career. ... Read more...
1. I want our husbands/significant others to celebrate Mother’s Day 2012 by permanently taking equal responsibility for the house being acceptably clean and organized. It’s not just our house; it’s also their house. We working moms are ready to give up 50 p ... Read more...
I’ll admit it: Sheryl Sandberg’s interview on PBS that created headlines recently has gotten under my skin. Sandberg was profiled on a show called Makers, on her personal journey in her own words. As COO of Facebook, she’s become one of the most articulate ... Read more...
I love putting working moms in the spotlight. Not just because they deserve to tell their stories, air their opinions and voice their needs, but also because they get way too little public attention. Their powerful stories can change your life. My favorite sp ... Read more...
From the February/March 2012 Issue of Working Mother I can name every woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company—all 14. The 486 men CEOs? I can’t memorize that list. I hear the lamest excuses for the lack of business power entrusted to women. “We can’t find ... Read more...
From the December/January 2012 Issue of Working Mother It’s easy to wish we could just forget about the rest of the world and focus solely on our own backyard. But like most wishful thinking, this cocooning won’t fix our foreclosures or grow our job ... Read more...
I have written this after the Working Mother Media Global Advancement of Women Conference we held this month in Shanghai. One of the most unusual attributes ... Read more...
Working moms need real partners and supporters to keep their busy lives moving. Now it appears dads have always had biology as an extra impetus to be great fathers. Vince DeCaro of the National Fatherhood Initiative explains. **** This is from a recent ... Read more...
Sometimes I feel like publishing a list of the 100 worst companies for working mothers. It wouldn’t be easy to pick them. The competition would be stiff, since most companies do not come anywhere close to meeting the standards Working Mother has set for wha ... Read more...
As we go about our busy lives, I want to take a moment to pause and remember one of my heroes. Yamel Merino was a young single mom of 8-year-old Kevin, whom she adored. She had a great job and excelled at it. When the World Trade Center was attacked by order of Osam ... Read more...