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Suzanne is the Editor-In-Chief of Working Mother Magazine.
The high-ranking women in the White House are the real barometer of the advancement of women--not the number of women playing basketball with the President. Feels like a very slow news day when The New York Times runs a front page story criticizing Pre ... Read more...
With hate mail pouring in and thousands of bloggers calling for boycotts of Totes/Isotoner umbrellas, gloves and galoshes, the Cincinnati, OH–based company has had a stormy start to the rainy season. In an Internet minute, the company learned th ... Read more...
Companies used to think a broom closet made for a perfectly fine lactation room, but we've come a long way since then, haven't we? I thought so, until I learned that working mom LaNisa Allen's employer, Totes/Isotoner, had the right to fire her for taking unauthoriz ... Read more...
We've all heard about Mothers Against Drunk Driving but not so much about mothers who drive drunk. In fact, 5.3 million women in the U.S. drink in ways that threaten their health and safety, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Sadly, ... Read more...
The unspoken outcome of the recession is that more dads have lost their jobs than moms—but they’re not picking up the slack at home.   For the first time in history, women are poised to outnumber men in the workforce. That’s ... Read more...
"Everywhere I go I get the message that if I'm really into my career, I can't possibly be a good mom," Julie railed. I was making my daily commute in to Manhattan when my friend Julie started her rant. Turned inside out by a comment ma ... Read more...
We'll have plenty of reasons to cheer if the House votes for two bills that would combat workplace sex discrimination. Rep. Rosa DeLauro first introduced her Paycheck Fairness bill a dozen years ago. It attempts to close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act. The House pas ... Read more...
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