“Although the needs of babies have changed very little over the millennia, over the past decades, female equality in education and occupational opportunities has altered maternal expectations. This renders baby-care requirements discordant with ambition for many mothers, and produces heartfelt dilemmas for others.” NeedsLittlesCarePastMotherOpportunityChangedProduceBabyAmbitionExpectationsFemaleDecadesRequirementsDilemmaAlteredOver The PastHeartfelt Author:Joan Raphael-Leff
“I recall my mother asking in about 1946 what I was and I replied proudly that I was a professor. A decade later she repeated her question and I repeated my answer. "No promotion?" was her comment.” MotherAnswersEconomyAskingDecadesCommentProfessorsRecallsPromotion Author:George Stigler