Work it, Girl!

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Linda Hirshman set off a new skirmish in the "Mommy Wars" with her December 2005 The American Prospect article calling for women to stay out of the house and find jobs if they want respect and equality. The article is now a book and an excerpt is available as a Brian Lehrer Show Reading Project. Plus, New York Times economic columnist Louis Uchitelle, the author of “What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage,” and the founder of a nonprofit that promotes African diaspora cinema.

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