We think we’ve made progress. After all, we’ve earned the right to vote. We’ve wangled equal pay for equal work. And for the most part…

By Varda Epstein Providing Our Daughters with Role Models We’re used to being assailed by images of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton. Magazines scream their peccadillos at us from the checkout line at the supermarket, their exploits come at us unbidden on the boob tube, and we’re captives to the sound and sight of their imitators: the hormonally-charged [...]

by Staff Writer

I was cleaning out the garage the other day and came across an old textbook my mother had saved from grade school. It was the Dick and Jane type of book that introduced you to all the people in your community; there were Norman Rockwell like pictures of policemen, fireman, nurses, and neighbors.