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More black professional women are choosing to be stay-at-home moms, reversing a centuries old trend. These moms say they are down-shifting their careers to enjoy a sense of motherhood typically thought to be a preserve for white women.
Motherhood has a new gloss on it courtesy of advertisers and mainstream media, but moms and other observers question whether the underlying conditions of mothering in America have undergone any substantial change.
At a time when war violence monopolizes most foreign reporting, Emily Wax has managed to get stories on the front page of The Washington Post about African women’s daily lives and historic cultural struggles.
The Women’s Funding Network is spending $1 million over the next four years to help put more women–particularly women of color, younger women, lesbians and rural women–inside the donors’ circle.
A small but growing number of child-care workers are joining unions to boost wages, benefits and job security in one of the country’s lowest paying occupations. A national umbrella organization is now focusing its efforts in California.
In the United States, mothers are calling for more attention to the employment constraints they face and the work they do as caregivers. Web sites, organizations and books are springing up around the country to demand more benefits and recognition.
Susan Douglas has made a career out of monitoring the media’s portrayal of women. In her latest book, “The Mommy Myth,” Douglas takes on what she calls the “new momism,” or the perfectionist rendering of motherhood.
Black women tend to vote Democratic, but as presidential election politics heat up, Republicans are hoping to make inroads in this key voting bloc.
Major research by historians is redefining what we know about the role of black women during slavery and the civil rights era. In part, this research is the result of a rising band of black women historians.
While not yet the norm, nuptial contracts and cohabitation agreements are no longer the tool of wealthy men. Increasingly, women are initiating such contracts to safeguard their wealth and place value on their childrearing years.