breadwinner
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“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
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
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
Over the same 50 years, the share of marriages in which the wife is the sole or primary breadwinner roughly tripled, from about 5% to 16%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Ana Lucia is the only breadwinner in the household.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
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
As breadwinners they have necessarily to be away from home throughout the day, but they have opportunities in the evenings and at week-ends to identify themselves with their children's interests and activities.
From Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents by O. C. (Oswald Chettle) Mazengarb
