| The Shriver Report A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink | | | Author:
| Shriver, Maria
The Center for American Progress, The Center | | Editor:
| Morgan, Olivia
Skelton, Karen | | Contribution by:
| Morgan, Olivia
Skelton, Karen
Gilligan, Carol
Knowles-Carter, Beyoncé
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Chittister, Joan
Boushey, Heather
Harris, Maya L.
Poo, Ai-jen
Moodie-Mills, Danielle
Glover Blackwell, Angela
Longoria, Eva
O'Leary, Ann
James, Lebron
Emmanuelle, Catherine
Haskins, Ron
Edin, Kathryn
Porter, Tony
Bouman, John
Pollack, Wendy
Coontz, Stephanie
Carnevale, Anthony P.
Smith, Nicole
Garner, Jennifer
Keys, Almeta
Duncan, Arne
Sebelius, Kathleen
Price, Betsy
Padrón, Eduardo J.
Brown, Nikki
Burke Harris, Nadine
Manderschied, Ron
Borrero, Sonya
Pinkett Smith, Jada
Hood-Mongar, Britani
Slaughter, Anne-Marie
Cooper, Marianne
Boteach, Melissa
Fremstad, Shawn
Galinsky, Ellen
Bond, James T.
Tahmincioglu, Eve
Families and Work Institute, Families and
Mosle, Anne
Rodham Clinton, Hillary
Greenberg, Anna
Walker, David
Lundry, Alex
Downs, Alicia
Burch, Tory
Gillibrand, Kristen
Schultz, Howard | | ISBN: | 978-0-7953-3878-6 | | Publication Date: | Jan 2014 | | Publisher: | RosettaBooks
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Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors. Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or teeter on the brink--and seventy million are women and the... More Description Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors.
Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or teeter on the brink--and seventy million are women and the children who depend on them.
The fragile economic status of millions of American women is the shameful secret of the modern era--yet these women are also our greatest hope for change, and our nation's greatest undervalued asset. The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink asks--and answers--big questions. Why are millions of women financially vulnerable when others have made such great progress? Why are millions of women struggling to make ends meet even though they are hard at work? What is it about our nation--government, business, family, and even women themselves--that drives women to the financial brink? And what is at stake?
To forge a path forward, this book brings together a power-packed roster of big thinkers and talented contributors, in a volume that combines academic research, personal reflections, authentic photojournalism, groundbreaking poll results, and insights from frontline workers; political, religious, and business leaders; and major celebrities--all focused on a single issue of national importance: women and the economy.
"A startling wake-up call for policymakers and anyone hoping to survive a culture that siphons wealth upward to a very powerful few." --Booklist
Contributors include: Carol Gilligan, PhD * Barbara Ehrenreich * Beyoncé Knowles-Carter * LeBron James * Anne-Marie Slaughter * Kirsten Gillibrand * Hillary Rodham Clinton * Tory Burch * Sister Joan Chittister * Arne Duncan * Kathleen Sibelius * Howard Schultz * and more! | |