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The Politics of Motherhood

May 16, 2012
Re-posted with author permission from the Huffington Post . Americans, or at least the chattering class, have gotten all riled up about motherhood twice in the past few weeks. First, there was the kerfuffle between Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney about whether Mrs. Romney, a stay-...
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Ann O'Leary
Health Care

#WellnessWeds: Women's Health Week Blogathon

May 16, 2012
Happy National Women's Health Week! This is a whole week dedicated to the health concerns of women and the new opportunities for better health that the Affordable Care Act offers women. Here's a brief description from Womenshealth.gov: "Women often serve as caregivers for their families, putting...
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Claire Moshenberg
Environmental Health Health Care

Women's Health: We All Have a Role to Play

May 16, 2012
Like many women of her generation, Sue was careful to get prenatal care and watch her weight gain as her doctor advised. In the early 1960s there were no warnings to avoid smoking or alcohol during pregnancy and no information about the potential hazards of environmental chemicals, either for Sue’s...
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Mary Pittman

TIME Raises A Ruckus & Safer Cosmetics Makes History

May 15, 2012
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff Executive Director & CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org TIME raised a ruckus recently with a profile of “attachment parenting” guru Dr. Bill Sears, highlighted by a cover photo of a mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son, according to the...
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Rachel Sarnoff

An Important Mother's Day Message

May 15, 2012
Reflecting on the now time-honored tradition of celebrating motherhood the second weekend in May, my heart is heavy with the knowledge that so many mothers weren’t able to celebrate this past weekend. They have only an indescribable heartache to bear . . . all because their son or daughter was...
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Lori Haas
Environmental Health

Tips Tuesday: Nontoxic Summer Skincare Tips

May 15, 2012
Warmer days mean more sunscreen applications, different makeup routines, and more showers to make up for chlorine soaked hair or sweaty days outdoors. Make your summer a little safer! Use these five safer summer beauty tips as you update your beauty routines for the season. Convenience is not...
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Claire Moshenberg

Nursing Sagas of a Working Mama

May 14, 2012
A few weeks ago, I found myself in the back of a rental car on the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, heading towards a gap in the border fence near a sanctuary that a local organizer insisted we MUST see. My colleagues and I were on a field visit to do campaign planning and technical support on...
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Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Realistic & Fair Wages

The Promise of Economic Security for Our Mothers

May 13, 2012
As we all know, there is no harder, or more rewarding job, than being a Mom. But for so many mothers who work outside of the home, it's made even harder by the lack of equal pay for women in our country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to what...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Paid Family Leave

What's a Mother's Worth?

May 13, 2012
By Riane Eisler and Shireen Mitchell Should Mother’s Day just be about nice cards and pretty flowers? Or should it be about giving the people who care for us, and the essential work they do, real worth? How did we do this Mother’s Day? Mother’s Day Tea in the East Room of the White House, May 10,...
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This Mother's Day Moms Are Off the Sidelines & Playing to Win

May 13, 2012
It's Mother's Day, Spring grass is growing, and soccer balls are flying. I love soccer. I love watching both my son and my daughter run like the wind as they dribble the ball down the field. I love standing on the sidelines rooting for their teams. This doesn't, however, make me a "soccer mom," a...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

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