#5SmartReads - December 15, 2020
On Dionne Warwick, the Marshall Plan for Moms, and crystals
COVID has decimated women's careers — we need a Marshall Plan for Moms, now (The Hill)
“Women’s labor — specifically the labor of our mothers — has always been undervalued in the United States. But in the last year, we’ve confirmed that, in the eyes of policy makers, their labor has no economic value whatsoever — that it’s worth exactly zero dollars.”
The economic & societal impact of mothers is too big to quantify. And it should be too big to fail…but we’ve failed them. Time and time again.
Reshma Saujani’s ‘Marshall Plan For Moms’ proposal is an audacious one, but a necessary one. And it won’t happen without a lot of pressure from us.
If there’s one article you’re going to share today, please make it this one.
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