Women’s History: Writing the Next Chapter
Women’s History: Writing the Next Chapter by President Patricia McGuire ’74 Today, we think about women’s history. The theme this year is Women as Builders of Communities and Dreams. That’s nice, but not the whole story. Let’s face it: women have only had the right to vote for 85 years – in the lifetime of...
Q&A with Kellyanne Conway ’89
You dedicated this book to your mother. Is she your greatest female influence? Yes, my mother has had a profound and indelible impact on me, mostly through the way she has lived her life rather than based on any one piece of advice or specific experience. She was married at 21, had me at 23,...
What Women Really Want
How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live by Kellyanne Fitzpatrick Conway ’89 and Celinda Lake with Catherine Whitney The day after the 2004 election, Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway and Democratic pollster Celinda Lake spoke on the phone. Even though the contest between President...
Q&A with Caryl Rivers ’59
You have some award-winning books in your dossier. What originally sparked your interest in studying gender difference (or sameness)? I had noticed with alarm that for women, there were ominous signs that their past strides in breaking down workplace barriers were eroding. Biological determinism has returned—in new guises—arguing that women are not meant, by nature...
Same Difference
How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs by Caryl Rivers ’59 and Rosalind Barnett Nearly ten years ago we wrote a book called She Works/He Works. Drawing on a four-year, million-dollar study of 300 working couples, we examined how the new “working” family—in which both parents were employed—was faring. Currently...
The Evolving Role of Women
The Evolving Role of Women Men and women are fundamentally different. From John Gray’s Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, to statements made by Harvard President Larry Summers and perhaps even your parents as you were growing up, many people accept the fact that men and women have innate gender differences. Caryl Rivers...