Maria Shriver’s ambitious report, The Shriver Report — A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, has grabbed our attention and focused us on a national priority of the highest importance. Women’s equality is, I believe, an even greater priority than health care reform, because closing the gender gap is necessary for the success of a sustainable, productive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sick and Tired’
From the Real to the Ideal: A Woman’s Nation and the Gender Gap for Women in Health Care
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women's Health, tagged awn, gender gap, hcr, health-care reform, healthcare, Linda Brodsky, Real to the Ideal, Sick and Tired, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, womansnation, women's health care, women's healthcare on November 10, 2009, | 2 Comments »
The Quest for Work-Life Balance
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged A Women's Nation, Equal Pay, Health-care, Sick and Tired, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, Work-Life Balance on November 4, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I started writing a blog two weeks ago about a chapter in The Shriver Report—A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything called “Sick and Tired.” The chapter outlines some of the troubles women have finding health care, receiving health care, and caring for others. I began to write about the women who worked as waitresses, which complicates [...]
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