breadwinner

Here’s the short version: Tradwives promote a traditional model of family life, prioritizing being a homemaker and a primary caregiver and supporting their husbands’ role as the primary breadwinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Advice for a burned-out breadwinner: A letter writer who’s outwardly successful by all measures—a wife, kids, a well-paying job—can’t stop dreaming about leaving it all behind.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

“It’s not surprising that families would prioritize the man being the breadwinner to make more money because families need more money” to pay for healthcare, child care and more.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

At 35 years old, Zhou was paying off his mortgage and had been his family’s primary breadwinner, according to his lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

She yelled back, “Well, who’s the breadwinner in this house? Who has two jobs? Who deserves to relax at the end of the day?”

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Men in this generation may also have experienced financial strain differently because they were more likely to have been the primary breadwinners in this cohort born in 1946.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

They are typically mid-career and are often primary breadwinners.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Telephone poles covered in fundraising pleas for families whose breadwinners either rotted in faraway detention center or were sent back to their home countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Many were - and still are - the main breadwinners in their families.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Although all were breadwinners they labored from love of the cause and without a thought of thanks or remuneration.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper