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The Shriver report : a woman's nation pushes back from the brink / a study by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress ; edited by Olivia Morgan and Karen Skelton ; with Roberta Hollander [and five others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shriver, Maria, author.
- Center for American Progress, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- Women.
- United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (395 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Center for American Progress : Palgrave Macmillan : A Woman's Nation, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents an in-depth look at American women and families around transformational moments in history, with new data and commentary on the current status of women in America.
- Contents:
- ""Making the Care Economy a Caring Economy By Ai-jen Poo""""Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Broke By Danielle Moodie-Mills""; ""The Changing Face of American Women By Angela Glover Blackwell""; ""Empowering Latinas By Eva Longoria""; ""THE FAMILY""; ""Marriage, Motherhood, and Men""; ""By Ann O�Leary""; ""America�s Working Single Mothers: An Appreciation By LeBron James""; ""To the Brink and Back By Catherine Emmanuelle""; ""Marriage and Children: Another View By Ron Haskins""; ""What About the Fathers? By Dr. Kathryn Edin""
- ""A Call to Men: Ending Men�s Violence Against Women By Tony Porter""""Women and Poverty: The Role of Lawyers and Family Law By John Bouman""; ""and Wendy Pollack""; ""Evolution of the Modern American Family By Stephanie Coontz""; ""EDUCATION""; ""Get Smart: A 21st-Century Education for All Women""; ""By Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale and Dr. Nicole Smith""; ""Turning Poverty Around: Training Parents to Help Their Kids By Jennifer""; ""Garner""; ""Living the Head Start Dream By Almeta Keys""; ""Preschool for All: The Path to America�s Middle-Class Promise By Secretary""
- ""Arne Duncan and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius""""Afterschool Programs: Investing in Our Cities by Investing in Our Kids By""; ""Mayor Betsy Price""; ""Higher Education: Interrupting the Cycle of Poverty By Eduardo J. Padrón,""; ""Ph.D.""; ""Nikki�s Story""; ""PART II: WHY WE MUST PUSH BACK""; ""The Consequences of Living on the Brink""; ""The Chronic Stress of Poverty: Toxic to Children By Dr. Nadine Burke Harris,""; ""M.D.""; ""The Trap: Mental Illness and Women in Poverty By Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D.""; ""Armed and Vulnerable: Women in the U.S. Military By Sonya Borrero, M.D.""
- ""Human Trafficking and Slavery in the United States: �You Don�t See the Chains�""""By Jada Pinkett Smith""; ""Britani�s Story""; ""PART III: THE NATION REIMAGINED""; ""A New America that Cares""; ""By Anne-Marie Slaughter""; ""America�s Promise, One Woman at a Time By Marianne Cooper, Ph.D.""; ""PUBLIC SOLUTIONS""; ""Putting Women at the Center of Policymaking""; ""By Melissa Boteach and Shawn Fremstad, and introducing the Shriver Corps""; ""We Have Blown a Huge Hole in Our Safety Net By Peter Edelman""
- ""The Circle of Protection: Balancing the Budget Does Not Require Burdening the""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780795339615
- 0795339615
- 9780795339622
- 0795339623
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