It doesn't apply to all women. If you're a society lady from Scarsdale and you spend all your time sitting on your prosperity parting your nails, well, that's okay. The truth is that a job doesn't necessarily mean an adequate income. She is below the government's own official poverty line. The president keeps repeating the 'dignity of work' idea.
Wages are the measure of dignity that society puts on a job.
Wages and nothing else. There is no dignity in starvation. Nobody denies, least of all poor women, that there is dignity and satisfaction in being able to support your kids through honest labor. I would greatly appreciate if you would print at least part of this note because it is important that people are fully informed so as not to perpetuate stereotypes and oppression. A friend of mine sent me the Nov. 11 edition of The New Hampshire .