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October 21, 2009
Mom's generation and today's women
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Maria Shriver, here with husband California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, sponsored The Shriver Report
Maria Shriver, here with husband California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, sponsored The Shriver Report

Ed Rollins
CNN Senior Political Contributor

My mother died last week. Mary Elizabeth Rollins was 91 and had lived a glorious and full life.

As I was flying to California for her funeral, I read the Time magazine cover story written by my friend, the superb writer Nancy Gibbs, titled, "The State of the American Woman." This article no doubt was inspired by a fascinating new report released last week: The Shriver Report, "A Woman's Nation Changes Everything," sponsored by California's first lady and former news reporter Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank.

To quote from the report: This is not just a women's story. This is a report about how women becoming half of the nation's workers "changes everything" for men, women, and their families.

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Lori   October 21st, 2009 12:34 pm ET

Yes an up hill battle.

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