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It’s not a hot button issue, but the U.S. crisis in caregiving, from children to aged parents, could strengthen the Democratic presumptive nominee’s appeal to independents and the millions of white voters caring for an older adult.
Divorced women who deferred their education to put husbands through school or moved multiple times to enable their husbands to move up the career ladder are at special risk. So are those who gave up jobs to raise children.
Trends in female employment all add up to a “perfect storm” for women’s retirement, says a labor economist. Those trends also raise women’s stakes in any election-year discussion of adding or subtracting from Social Security.
In this excerpt from “Fifty Over Fifty: Wise and Wild Women Creating Wonderful Lives (And You Can Too!)” the author urges readers to prepare for rising longevity by reading about women such as our own founder, Rita Henley Jensen.
In the 1970s they tackled issues such as workplace discrimination and losing custody of their children in the courts. Today, as same-sex marriage sweeps the country, this group is focused on the unique isolation and discrimination of older lesbians.
As Congress resumes today, advocates for older women are girding for another round of health care battles. One group has re-released its 2011 “Granny Off the Cliff” video showing the GOP budget leader pushing an older woman over the edge of survival.
Family caregivers who step out of their jobs would get Social Security credits. So would widows and older workers in low-wage occupations. But safety-net advocates say this sweeping Social Security reform effort is ahead of its time.
Girls are raised to be obedient and the Chinese ideogram for “educate” shows a child being beaten with a stick. Juan Wu says the traditional mistreatment of children is where the work against domestic violence begins.
The annual income of the typical older woman was $14,000 in 2010, compared with the older man’s $24,300, finds a March 29 report from Wider Opportunities for Women. More elderly women live alone, which contributes to their financial insecurity.