Mothers and Caregivers: Selected Online Resources

See also our Recommended Reading list.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) Online Action Center
Mothers and Caregivers Economic Rights Issues
An overview of current and historical feminist activism in support of the economic rights of U.S. mothers and caregivers. Other features - Mothers Matter, Caregivers Count campaign, legislative actions and downloadable chapter tools.

The Mothers Movement Online
Resources and reporting on current work-life research and public policy issues

The Care Crisis
Ruth Rosen, The Nation, March 2007

Getting Punched: The Job and Family Clock (PDF)
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy (http://www.clasp.org), July 2006

"Opt Out" or Pushed Out?: How the Press Covers Work/Family Conflict (PDF)
Joan C. Williams, Jessica Manvell and Stephanie Bornstein
Center for WorkLife Law (http://www.worklifelaw.org), October 2006

The Opt-Out Myth
EJ Graff, Columbia Journalism Review, March 2007

One Sick Child Away From Being Fired: When "Opting Out" Is Not an Option (PDF)
Joan C. Williams, Center for WorkLife Law (http://www.worklifelaw.org) March 2006

The Mother Load
The American Prospect Special Report, March 2007:

Values Begin at Home, but Who's Home?
In the struggle to balance work and family, work is winning. By Heather Boushey

The Architecture of Work and Family
To have a job and a life, we need to redesign the national household. By Ellen Bravo

What Do Women and Men Want?
Many of the same things -- but our system contributes to gender conflicts over work, parenting, and marriage. By Kathleen Gerson

The Opt-Out Revolution Revisited
Women aren't forsaking careers for domestic life. The ground rules just make it impossible to have both. By Joan C. Williams

Responsive Workplaces
The business case for employment that values fairness and families. By Jodie Levin-Epstein

Setting a Low Bar
Every year, Working Mother magazine announces its much-anticipated "100 Best Companies." But is the "100 Best" -- and similar lists published by other magazines and organizations -- much more than public relations? By Ann Friedman

Atlantic Passages
How Europe supports working parents and their children. By Janet C. Gornick

What About Fathers?
Marriage, work, and family in men's lives. By Scott Coltrane

The Mother of All Issues
What it will take to put work and family on the national agenda. By Tamara Draut

Family Unfriendly
Nancy Folbre
The American Prospect (http://www.prospect.org), August 2000

The Care Equation
Mona Harrington
The American Prospect (http://www.prospect.org), July 1998

Shared Work, Valued Care: New Norms for Organizing Market Work and Unpaid Care Work
Eileen Appelbaum, Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg, and Arne Kalleberg
The Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epinet.org), December 2001

The Way We Work: How Children and Their Families Fare in a 21st Century Workplace (PDF)
Shelley Waters Boots, New America Foundation (http://www.newamerica.net), December 2004

Helping America's Working Parents: What Can We Learn from Europe and Canada?
Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers
New America Foundation (http://www.newamerica.net), November 2004
Issue Brief (PDF), White Paper (PDF)

Integrating Work and Family Life: A Holistic Approach (PDF)
Lotte Bailyn, Robert Drago, and Thomas A. Kochan
Sloan Work-Family Policy Network, 2002

Workplace Flexibility: A Policy Problem (PDF)
Karen Kornbluh, Katelin Isaacs and Shelley Waters Boots
New America Foundation (http://www.newamerica.net), May 2004

Meeting the Needs of Today's Families: The Role of Workplace Flexibility (PDF)
Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center (http://www.workplaceflexibility2010.org)

Gaining Access to Flexible Work Schedules: An Interview with Lonnie Golden (PDF)
Sloan Work and Family Research Network (http://wfnetwork.bc.edu) Network News, March 2005

Caregiver Bias: Work/Life Issues as Diversity Concerns: An Interview with Joan C. Williams (PDF)
Sloan Work and Family Research Network (wfnetwork.bc.edu)
Network News, April 2005

Current Law Prohibits Discrimination Based on Family Responsibilities & Gender Stereotyping
Center for WorkLife Law, 2006

The California Paid Leave Program: An Interview with Ruth Milkman (PDF)
Sloan Work and Family Research Network (wfnetwork.bc.edu)
Network News, November 2005

Why Paid Family Leave? (PDF)
Legal Momentum Family Initiative (www.legalmomentum.org)

Support for Working Family Caregivers: Paid Leave Policies for California and Beyond (PDF)
Family Caregiver Alliance (www.caregiver.org), 2006

Selected Caregiver Statistics
Family Caregiver Alliance (www.caregiver.org)

Women and Caregiving: Facts and Figures
Family Caregiver Alliance (www.caregiver.org)

Child Care Quality: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How To Improve It (PDF)
National Women's Law Center (www.nwlc.org), 2004

Affordability: Women and Their Families Need Help Paying for Childcare (PDF)
National Women's Law Center (www.nwlc.org), 2004

State of Working America: Women
Economic Policy Institute (www.epinet.org)
2005 Fact Sheet: PDF
2006/2007 Fact Sheet: PDF

Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work
Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein
Fairness Initiative on Low-Wage Work (www.lowwagework.org)

Basic Facts about Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18
National Center for Children in Poverty (www.nccp.org)

The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans and Their Families
Beth Shulman
Fairness Initiative on Low-Wage Work (www.lowwagework.org)

Highlights of the National Study of the Changing Workforce
James T. Bond, Cindy Thompson, Ellen Galinsky and David Prottas
Families and Work Institute (www.familiesandwork.org), 2005
Executive Summary (PDF)

Gender and Generation in the Workplace (PDF)
Families and Work Institute/American Business Collaborative (www.familiesandwork.org), 2005

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