Working moms look to Michelle Obama for change: Reuters
Monday, February 9, 2009 at 4:30AM
First lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with well-wishers as she departs Georgia Brown's restaurant in Washington January 30, 2009.CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Maternity leave. Affordable child-care. Flexible work arrangements. When first lady Michelle Obama said she wanted to help working women balance career and family, American moms applauded -- and immediately came up with a wish-list of policy changes.
"I'm so psyched she is bringing this issue to the forefront," said Geniene Pernotto, 43, a marketing director and single mother of one in Youngstown, Ohio.
Pernotto quit her demanding corporate job in New York City in exchange for a pay cut and shorter hours at a nonprofit in northeastern Ohio. But she laments that she had to choose. more


















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