Peggy Drexler, Author at Women's eNews

Daughters Too Benefit from Influence of Good Dads

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● June 18, 2011

When Peggy Drexler’s daughter went to work with her husband at his clothing retailer, she saw how it transformed her. In this Father’s Day excerpt from her book “Our Fathers, Ourselves,” Drexler raises questions about the influence fathers may have on their daughters.

History Is on Women’s Side in the Workplace

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● March 3, 2010

Amid all the statistics whirling around women and paid employment, Peggy Drexler steps back to spot history in the making during Women’s History Month. The realities of the workplace, she says, favor women’s further gains in leadership.

Mother’s Day Forecast: I’ll Embrace an Empty Nest

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● May 5, 2008

Mother’s Day marks a time for some women to reflect on years past and what lies ahead once the kids are gone. After 30 years with children, Peggy Drexler is preparing to contemplate a loss that’s ahead of her and how to embrace her empty nest.

Father-Daughter Bond Enjoys a Growth Spurt

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● June 13, 2007

As Father’s Day approaches, Peggy Drexler applauds the changing roles of dads, finding that many–as a legacy of Title IX and new opportunities–are forming full and healthy connections with daughters that survive the tumult of puberty.

Thanksgiving Tastes Sweet and Sour to U.S. Women

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● November 22, 2006

With a Madame Speaker of the House arriving in the New Year, women have a political horn of plenty to enjoy this Thanksgiving. Peggy Drexler says Tuesday’s Global Gender Gap report shows how far U.S. women still have to go.

Even Before Election Day Women Can Count Some Wins

By Peggy Drexler ● Politics ● November 1, 2006

The month of political reckoning has arrived, but Peggy Drexler reckons that women already have something to celebrate. With 134 women winning House primaries, and many running for lower-tier state positions, the pipeline is filling up.

Mothers Make a Beautiful Mark on Public Life

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● May 3, 2006

With Mother’s Day fast approaching, Peggy Drexler looks at the positive influence that mothers are having over public life. As they make their mark on laws and culture, women with children reshape society in the image of one big family.

Same-Sex Parents Spring Open Gender Traps

By Peggy Drexler ● Arts & Culture ● August 6, 2003

The Pope and U.S. president aside, same-sex parents are gaining wider rights and acceptance. Along the way they are helping to make “parenting”–unbound by traditional sex-role connotations–the operative verb in childrearing.

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