Relates the story of a Catholic girl from Baltimore and a Jewish boy from Boston, who survive marriage, children, and careers with wit, humor, and affection
At a time when women constitute half of the educated workforce and earn the majority of advanced degrees yet are earning less and occupying fewer senior positions, why are they being served up the mes
" For the first time in history, women make up half the educated labor force and are earning the majority of advanced degrees. It should be the best time ever for women, and yet... it's not. Storm
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett are widely acclaimed for their analyses of women, men, and society. In "The Truth About Girls and Boys," they tackle a new, troubling trend in the theorizing of ge
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett are widely acclaimed for their analyses of women, men, and society. In The Truth About Girls and Boys, they tackle a new, troubling trend in the theorizing of ge
Readable and challenging, this four-year study of three hundred middle-class and working-class couples debunks the myth of the overwrought working mother with her insensitive husband and neglected chi
From respected academics like Carol Gilligan to pop-psych gurus like John Gray, and even the controversial Harvard President Lawrence Summers, the message has long been the same: Men and women are fu
With longer life spans, adult vigor can be extended well into the ninth decade of life. What does this mean for us as individuals and as a society? From re-imagining the workplace to rethinking marria
With longer life spans, adult vigor can be extended well into the ninth decade of life. What does this mean for us as individuals and as a society? From re-imagining the workplace to rethinking marria
At her first press conference, Eleanor Roosevelt, uncertain of her role as hostess or leader, passed a box of candied grapefruit peel to the thirty-five women journalists. Nearly sixty years later, Hi
