breadwinner
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If it were, then it would apply to all lower-income families equally, regardless of whether a breadwinner spouse is in the picture.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
“This particular division of private and public, housewife and breadwinner … was built on a flow of cheap fossil fuels and car culture,” she told The 19th.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Halem argued for leniency through his attorney, telling the court he was a father and the sole breadwinner in his household.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Williams’s older brother used the press to launch a modest job-printing business, but in 1861 he joined the Union Army, leaving the household without a breadwinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
For ten years, Mother had been the primary breadwinner, while continuing to cook meals, clean the house, do the laundry, and I had never once heard her express anything like resentment.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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
The welfare system attempted to replace family breadwinners, but it turned out that those breadwinners were providing more than money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The result: Most breadwinners still have jobs, and they are still spending.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
"Up to 300 women work during the peak harvesting season. Many are sole breadwinners who can now take care of their families," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
We married breadwinners want to own our earnings.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
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