Special Interest Lobbying Can Help Women Balance Lives

To the editors:



Re “Fie, Feminism,” comment, Dec. 14, by Virginia A. Fisher:

I hope Fisher keeps a copy of this article to read 10 years from now, when she may be struggling with the ongoing problems of balancing caregiving responsibilities with workplace responsibilities. If women’s special interest lobbying will result in real changes that make workplaces more tolerant of caregiving (either caring for children or for aging parents) and caregivers, then I am all for it. And so are my husband and my two kids. And so will be the many people who don’t want to make a heart-wrenching either-or choice between work that they love and families that they love.



MARGARET HOEFNER MARTIN ’94

Alexandria, Va.

December 21, 2005