Linda Hirshman set off a new skirmish in the "Mommy Wars" with her December 2005 The American Prospect article calling for women to stay out of the house and find jobs if they want respect and equality. The article is now a book and an excerpt is available as the next Brian Lehrer Show Reading Project. Plus, Jonathan Tasini, the anti-war Democrat running against Hillary Clinton in the New York primary, and New York Post columnist John Podhoretz react to the Lamont-Lieberman results in Connecticut and college-aged women respond to Linda Hirshman's admonition not to major in art.
Read Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World by Linda Hirshman
Read Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World by Linda Hirshman
Primary Sources
Jonathan Tasini, candidate for US Senate in New York State
- on last night's primary election in Connecticut
» Jonathan Tasini's campaign website
- on last night's primary election in Connecticut
» Jonathan Tasini's campaign website
Grating Nutmeg
John Podhoretz, columnist for the New York Post and author, Can She Be Stopped?: Hillary Clinton Will Be the Next President of the United States Unless . . . (Crown Forum 2006) and Bush Country (Shirley & Banister Public Affairs 2004)
- on the results of the Connecticut primary
- on the results of the Connecticut primary
Not Just a Turnpike
John Gilman author, O' New Jersey (St. Martin's Press, 2006),
and
Robert Heide author, O' New Jersey (St. Martin's Press, 2006),
-on their new travel book O' New Jersey
and
Robert Heide author, O' New Jersey (St. Martin's Press, 2006),
-on their new travel book O' New Jersey
Work It, Girl!
Linda Hirshman, retired as the Allen/Berenson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Brandeis University and author, Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World (Viking, 2006)
- on her charge that “choice feminism” is no feminism at all
» Get to Work
- on her charge that “choice feminism” is no feminism at all
» Get to Work
MRS Degree
Open phones for college-aged women on whether their majors bode well for their economic futures.
Get to Work
Today's reading project, an excerpt from Linda Hirshman's new book Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World spurred many calls and emails. Here are some reactions to her book and to her earlier American Prospect article, "Homeward Bound."
Cathy Young in Reason
Jonathan Tasini
Jonathan Tasini, a progressive canidate for U.S. Senate in New York State weighs in on the issues and Ned Lamont. August 9, 2006.
Robert Heide
Robert Heide, co-author of O' New Jersey, informs our audience on Jersey marvels. August 9, 2006.
John Gilman
John Gilman, co-author of O' New Jersey, discusses the wonders of Garden State sightseeing. August 9, 2006.
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