A Vote of Confidence
Hillary Clinton in 2005 at the TitleIX celebration (Photo by [...]
A Womanâs Face on the Minimum Wage Issue
From left to right: Entmacher, Lovell, Gandy, Kennedy and Stabenow [...]
All Eyes on Albright!
Madeleine Albright and IWPR's Elisabeth Crum Last December I received [...]
Social Security for us 20 and 30 somethings
My grandfather jokes that he makes more now off of [...]
Boxer v. Rice
Political blogs have been having a field day with the [...]
Apparently, Women Donât Run
See, women do run! When I was five years old, [...]
Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, An Important Milestone for Women
Button of Nancy Pelosi as Rosie the Riveter (used with [...]
Celebration for Ann Richards and Nancy Pelosi
Photo by Elisabeth Crum at the reception celebrating The People's [...]
Keeping Moms on the Job: The Impacts of Health Insurance and Child Care on Job Retention and Mobility among Low-Income Mothers
Since the 1996 welfare reform legislation, government support programs for low-income families have emphasized “work-first” strategies, viewing employment as the primary route to self-sufficiency.
Older Women’s Economic Status in Texas
Social Security is a crucial source of income for Texas’s seniors, and especially so for women. Fewer women than men have pension income. The majority of Texas’s senior women live alone. Many seniors in Texas continue to work for pay. Women are more likely than men to be poor or disabled. Older African American and Hispanic women are the most likely to be poor and the least likely to have income from assets such as savings accounts or stocks and bonds.
