7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

The Wolfson Center for National Affairs at The New School presents a panel discussion exploring the current trend of news stories depicting working mothers as either leaving the career track or dreaming of doing so— a media trend that is framing the national discourse on motherhood and work in United States. Do these stories rely too heavily on anecdotal evidence while ignoring statistics and demographics? Moderated by E.J. Graff, senior researcher, Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Brandeis University, the panel includes Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It; Heather Boushey, senior economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research, and co-author of Hardships in America and The Real Story of Working Families; Ellen Bravo, author of Taking On the Big Boys: Why Feminism Is Good for Families and Business and the Nation; and Linda Hirshman, lawyer, professor emeritus Brandeis University and author of Get to Work.

Location:

The New School, Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)

Admission:
$8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID

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