Here's the fact sheet on Women in America, which the Whitehouse publishes each March. No surprises: women are delaying marriage, delaying childbirth, and (like the general population) are aging. We are also more likely than men to be poor.
What I particularly like are the policy initiative (and proposed initiatives) to combat inequality and support women. Supporting women supports families (and vice vesa).
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/WomenInAmerica_FactSheet.pdf
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor of Human Ecology at Cornell University, called Home Economics "an important female ghetto," and asked, "What other group of American women did so much, all over the country, and got so little credit? " In the 21st century, we remain relevant, even as our programs are dismantled. Here's a place to come together and discuss pressing issues.
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
New Bureau of Consumer Protection
Take a look at what the Obama administration is doing to protect consumers.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/07/robins-story-andrews-story-new-bureau-protect-consumers?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/07/robins-story-andrews-story-new-bureau-protect-consumers?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
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