Working Mother

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Working Mother
Working Mother March 2009 cover.jpg
(cover, October-November 2014)
Editor in ChiefAudrey Goodson Kingo
PresidentSubha V. Barry
Frequencyonline only
FounderMilton Lieberman
Year founded1979
CompanyBonnier Corp.
Website www.workingmother.com

Working Mother was a magazine for working mothers launched in 1979 by Founding Publisher Milton Lieberman, who was succeeded by Carol Evans [1] . [2] The founding editor of the magazine was Vivian Cadden, who retired as editor in 1990. [3] Subsequent editors have included Judsen Culbreth, [4] Suzanne Riss [5] and Jennifer Owens. [6] In December 2016, Meredith Bodgas was named editor-in-chief. [7]

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History

Working Mother was launched by McCall Publishing Co. in 1979. [8] [9] Since 1985, Working Mother has compiled a list of the 100 Best Companies for working mothers based on a survey. [10] In 1986, Working Mother and Working Woman, its sister publication, were sold to Time Inc. and Lang Communications. [11]

In 1996, Lang Communications sold Working Mother, along with Ms. and Working Woman, to MacDonald Communications. [12] The following year, MacDonald Communications reduced the frequency of Working Mother and Working Woman to 10 editions per year. [13]

Working Mother Media

In August 2001, MacDonald Communications underwent restructuring and created Working Mother Media (WMM), which was composed of Working Mother and Working Woman. [14] It was announced that Carol Evans would return to manage the new company. [14] In a statement, Evans announced that Working Woman would fold after its 25th anniversary edition in September 2001.

In December 2006, Working Mother Media acquired Diversity Best Practices, a corporate membership organization. [15] In September 2008, Bonnier Corp announced it was acquiring Working Mother Media. [16] In 2010, the Working Mother Research Institute was founded by Jennifer Owens and made part of WMM. [17]

In 2014, the magazine named Meghan Stabler one of its Working Mothers of the Year, making her the first openly transgender woman to receive that honor. [18] That same year, the magazine reduced the number of issues it produced from eight to four. [19] Carol Evans left Working Mother in 2015 to start Carol Evans Enterprises. [20] She was succeeded by Subha V. Barry. [1] In December 2016, Meredith Bodgas was named editor-in-chief of Working Mother. [7]

In 2018, Working Mother released its first Best Companies for Dads list. [21]

The October/November 2020 issue was Working Mother's final print edition. [22]

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  2. ↑ "Break This Down: Working Mother Media Founder Carol Evans Discusses Equal Pay Day | Barnard College". barnard.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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  4. ↑ "WEDDINGS; Judsen Culbreth, Walter Kirkland". The New York Times. 2002-01-13. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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  6. ↑ "The Gender Pay Gap: One Way To Solve The Issue". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  7. 1 2 O'Shea, Chris. "Meredith Bodgas Named Editor of Working Mother". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
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  14. 1 2 Stern, Christopher (18 August 2001). "Working Woman Magazine To Fold".
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  22. ↑ It’s the End of the Work World as We Know It
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