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Off to Work She Should Go Biographical Visit Linda Hirshman's official website for a detailed biography, a photo of the author, and link to her professional blog.http://www.gettoworkmanifesto.com/bio.htmIn this interview with the Guardian, Hirshman talks about stirring up American families – particularly stay-at-home moms – with her strong opinions that family should be a burden shared equally by men and women, and that women should be able to put work first. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/jan/14/familyandrelationships.usaCultural Read about the controversy inspired by Linda Hirshman's essay "Homeward Bound" after it appeared in American Prospect. http://www.gettoworkmanifesto.com/controversy.htmIn this essay – one of many criticizing "Homeward Bound," The Mothers Movement Online's Judith Stadtman Tucker argues against Hirshman's thesis. http://www.mothersmovement.org/features/05/hirshman/homebound_1.htmHave you read Hirshman's book Get to Work? Join the discussion on the Get to Work message boards. http://www.gettoworkmanifesto.com/discussion.htm"Is stay-at-home motherhood only 'half a life'?" This book review looks at Get to Work and another book that makes a similar argument, The Feminine Mistake by Leslie Bennett. http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/reviewofbooks_article/4133/Bibliographical Read Hirshman's now infamous essay "Homeward Bound" on American Prospect's website. "Homeward Bound" argues that women who give up careers to stay home with the kids are making a big mistake. http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=10659Shortly after "Homeward Bound," Hirshman published this essay, "Is Your Husband a Worse Problem Than Larry Summers?" in Inside Higher Ed. You can read the article – and more than 52 comments on it! – here. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2005/12/09/hirshmanABC News offers an introduction to, and a substantial excerpt from, Hirshman's book Get to Work on this page. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/story?id=2067008&page=1 |