Archive for December 16th, 2009
My column, “Mags show just how far women have come,” ran in today’s USA Today. I talk about how Ladies’ Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and the other major titles have changed since 1959. The answer? Quite a bit! Our housekeeping obsession is pretty much over; there’s a reason the term “homemaker” has now become “stay-at-home mom.”
As a side note, this was also my first photo credit in USA Today. Fun stuff.
Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010) and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill, 2007). She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, and her work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Wired, The American, Portfolio and other publications.
Write to her at lvanderkam at yahoo dot com.