Word: supportiveness
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There is also a movement afoot to extend to American parents the kind of government support -- in day care, parental leaves and tax deductions -- that their European counterparts have long enjoyed. Sweden, for instance, provides parents 90% salary reimbursement for the first nine months after birth. But the battle in the U.S. for even limited family programs remains an uphill march: industry lobbied so hard against legislation that would have required most businesses to provide 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave that President Bush vetoed it last June...
...women prisoners have no parallels among men. While male lockups may train inmates for such high-paying trades as welding and mechanics, courses in women's facilities still concentrate on homemaking or low-paid skills like beautician and launderer. The pity is that women inmates, often the sole support of their families, are "more motivated career-wise than the men," says Paul Bestolarides, who directs a program at the Northern California Women's Facility in Stockton that includes training in landscaping and electrical work. Too often a woman leaves prison even less equipped to earn an honest living than...
Earlier this year the mayor of Houston admitted to having some "trepidation" about appointing Elizabeth Watson as the chief of police. "I was concerned about the support she would get. I had a little experience along those lines myself," said Kathryn Whitmire, who also happens to be the city's first female mayor. But eight months after becoming the first U.S. woman to head a big-city force, Watson, 41, has shown she can hack it. She took over a department reeling from low morale caused by widespread staff reductions and paltry salaries and quickly won the force...
...their own game. For Howington, a striking 60, who began climbing the ad agency's ladder in Chicago in 1967, the key to success was to "be aggressive" and "think like a man." In 22 years, she says, she never turned to other women for professional support or advice. "I didn't think they had anything of value to share," she says. "There's not a woman anywhere who made it in business who is not tough, self-centered and enormously aggressive...
...battered ranks. The advent of no-fault and equitable-distribution divorce laws, which have greatly reduced alimony payments, have left many full-time homemakers out in the cold. Says Curtis Tillman, chief judge of the superior court in DeKalb County, Ga.: "Society no longer believes that a husband should support his wife. Now juries and judges see things as a partnership...