Leslie BENNETTS & Elissa SCHAPPELL debate "The Feminine Mistake" on Tuesday, April 10th at 7pm LIVE from the NYPL April 10, 2007

Leslie BENNETTS & Elissa SCHAPPELL
debate "The Feminine Mistake"
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 7:00 PM in the South Court Auditorium of The New York Public Library
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The Richard B. Salomon Distinguished Lectures* & LIVE from the NYPL present:

Elissa Schappell will take on Leslie Bennetts’ provocative assertion that women cannot afford to quit their day jobs to be stay-at-home moms. When women agonize about balancing work and family, many “solve” the problem by abandoning their careers. But as Leslie Bennetts demonstrates in her new book, The Feminine Mistake, it’s dangerous to depend on anyone else to support you, and most full-time mothers will ultimately find their economic security challenged by divorce, a husband’s unemployment, his illness or even death. And yet few think about such risks—or about the surprising benefits of work. Despite the stress of the juggling act, working mothers are actually happier and even healthier than full-time homemakers. The Feminine Mistake documents both the bad news and the good news with an inspiring new spin on a hot-button topic.

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