Money Talks: A Women's Work Force
Thursday, October 01 2009
by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas
Economists project that America could soon have a female majority job force for the first time in history. The shift comes as a result of the economic recession, which hit male-dominated labor fields the hardest and prompted some women to return to the work force when their husbands or partners were laid off. Host Frank Stasio speaks with WUNC's Changing Economy Reporter Leoneda Inge and historian Lisa Levenstein, author of "A Movement Without Marches: African American Women and the Politics of Poverty in Postwar Philadelphia," about gender inequality in the work force and what might change in a society with women as the top breadwinners. Also joining the conversation is William Cohan, author of "House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street," who gives an eyewitness account of how gender politics play out behind the doors of the financial industry's most powerful companies.
