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Lost in Space: Women Scientists in the Workforce

By Kelsey Johnson ● Commentary ● March 10, 2019

If we are disproportionately losing mothers from science, what skill sets, talents, and ways of thinking are being lost from the workforce along with them?

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Weekly Column: WRighteous

By Amy Ferris ● Commentary ● January 9, 2019

I no longer needed to prove to myself or to anyone that I was the ever loyal daughter to a woman who was not an ever loyal mother.

Disability Complicates Mother-Daughter Relationship

By Sylvia Colt-Lacayo ● Teen Voices ● April 17, 2017

Writer Sylvia Colt needs her mother to bathe and dress her, but that doesn’t mean she also doesn’t want to kick her in the nose sometimes.

Feminism Feels Good When We Stop Judging Ourselves

By Sharon Nir & Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● March 17, 2016

I was a young mother with a successful career as a senior systems analyst when my husband was offered a fantastic opportunity that put that in jeopardy. That put me in what I now consider a false conflict with feminism.

Lacking Supports, Motherhood Exacts High Price

By Crystal Lewis ● Arts & Culture ● October 8, 2014

Without a paid-leave buffer, women with children rack up big losses in income of between $49,000 and $230,000. On top of that, child care costs often consume half of paychecks. Part of the Bias Price series.

Pregnancy Requests Put Women in the Firing Line

By Crystal Lewis ● Crime & Law ● August 12, 2014

Women of color and those earning low wages are least likely to be accommodated during their pregnancies. It’s also acute for women in traditionally male-dominated industries. “I wanted to work,” says a music conductor who asked for a stool while she worked under hot lights.