From Dr. Glass:
I trace the rapid evolution of mothers as primary financial providers for their children and the events most often precipitating mothers’ transition into this role. Then I evaluate the income consequences of this shift for mothers and families, how mothers themselves have responded to the need for their income, and how we can better support mothers tasked with financially providing for their children alongside a host of other new childrearing tasks.
Dr. Jennifer Glass is the Centennial Commission Professor of Liberal Arts in the Department of Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin. She has published over 60 articles and books on work and family issues, gender stratification in the labor force, mother’s employment and mental health, gender integration in the STEM labor force, and religious conservatism and women’s economic attainment, with funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
