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The Motherhood Manifesto

What America's Moms Want--And What to Do About It

Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
February 2006     ISBN: 1560258845


The Motherhood Manifesto calls for a transformation in American attitude towards working mothers. Across public and private sectors, radical change is needed to make parenting and the workplace compatible. The Manifesto not only identifies the obstacles facing working mothers today, it proposes concrete solutions for demolishing them.




About the Authors

Joan Blades is a co-founder of MoveOn.org and Berkeley Systems with her husband Wes Boyd. She is the author of Mediate Your Divorce and co-wrote The Divorce Book. She lives in northern California with her husband and two children.

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is a consultant and researcher in the field of environmental policy and political strategy, She is the author of the award-winning book, The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy, and writes frequently about public policy, health and women's issues. She lives in Washington State with her husband and two children.

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