Birth Quote by Christian Schwochow

We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make…

— Hillary Clinton

For many women, going back to work a few months after having a baby is overwhelming and unmanageable. As strange as it may seem,…

— Mika Brzezinski

Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact…

— Hanna Rosin

In a country that lacks federal paid parental leave, many new mothers are back to work within weeks of giving birth, which can result…

— Leana S. Wen

Beginning in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution, when women started to go into the formal workforce, leaving working at home to working in…

— Jody Heymann

Most women without childrenspend much more time than men on housework; with children, they devote more time to both housework and child care. Just…

— Arlie Hochschild

Most women without children spend much more time than men on housework; with children, they devote more time to both housework andchild care. Just…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?

— Candice Bergen

Once you get married, women are still implicitly expected to do the majority of the housework and take care of any future children.

— Jessica Valenti

If women’s role in life is limited solely to housewife/mother, it clearly ends when she can no longer bear more children and the children…

— Betty Friedan

Parents' work has shifted markedly around the world - and that goes for every region. Men in particular have been moving away from farmed-based…

— Jody Heymann

Many women assume they can't be good mothers and have challenging careers at the same time, so they might give up trying to do…

— Susan Wojcicki