Century Quote by Dana Goldstein

“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even cats managed…

— Terry Pratchett

Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that…

— Sandra Scarr

I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind.…

— Dolores Huerta

When you see that 76 percent of teachers are female, I think you have to acknowledge that there's a cultural bias, and it does…

— Dana Goldstein

“They have the same relationship that all progressive middle-class women have with their cleaning ladies, although Maman really thinks she is the exception: a…

— Muriel Barbery

“Women have shown that they truly can do anything. But the statistics are strikingly different for women with children. When a woman has her…

— Anne Bogel

It's a notion that career-oriented women often neglect their families. But we should cut them some flak; these women are doing everything for the…

— Madhuri Dixit

We live in a very modern age and the dynamic of raising kids and being a professional are intersecting a lot more - especially…

— John Krasinski

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but…

— Frances Harper

We have women entering lower-paying career fields. Women are still, culturally, the primary caregivers for children, even though we would love to have fathers…

— Martha McSally

“It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“It was a woman in Minnesota who clarified this shift for me. She pointed out that her mother called herself a housewife. She, on…

— Jennifer Senior