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NEWS ABOUT: housewives

housewives stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

 Ladies, Pick Up Thy Power Tool 


Aug 13, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sara Mosle “came of age betwixt and between,” she writes on DoubleX—after feminism had freed women from the need to learn “traditional female skills” but before “they had begun to make real inroads into traditional male pastimes and professions.” So that left her with... More »

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feminism • housewives • work • women • home • physical activity • carpentry

GLOSSIES

 Puppy Love 
 Fuels Twilight Author 


Feb 25, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, is not a shadowy vampire, Vogue reports. In fact, she is a shy, retiring Mormon mother of 3 living in a Phoenix suburb. Sure, the characters for the hit books came from a dream, but the substance is straight puppy... More »

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housewives • Arizona • Phoenix • Mormon • children's books • Twilight • Stephenie Meyer • vampires

To Work Or
Not to Work?

Provocative book worries about women giving up good careers to be trophy moms

Apr 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The feminist generation gap gets a sharp appraisal in "The Feminine Mistake," the new book by Leslie Bennetts that questions why so many upscale young women are abandoning careers for children. Joan Walsh finds it a refreshing rebuttal to recent paens to motherhood, especially since Bennetts recognizes that ... More »

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gender • motherhood • families • feminism • Feminine Mistake • Joan Walsh • housewives • women • children • Leslie Bennetts • working mothers • career

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