Mothers most vulnerable.(Comment)(Editorial)
American Prospect, The, September, 2003 by Crittenden, Ann
For some time I've tried to convince anyone who will listen that mothers--including those who are educated and middle class--are the most financially vulnerable people in the United States. Mothers of all races and income levels are less secure economically than comparable men or childless women, to such an extent that being a mother has become the single biggest risk factor for poverty.
Now along comes a book that confirms this view. In The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Their Families Are Going Broke, co-authors Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School and her ...
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