century employers themselves. there s a lot we can do that involves personal responsibility, that involves business, and that involves government. so i would agree with rubio and ryan that it s not just the area of government, but i would say there s a lot government still can do. 20 seconds left. you talked about your mother. she thought power was about becoming a politician. in her day and age, i believe that s where power was. today it s in the streets and washington responds to what comes up from the streets. i hope people will read this report, take it in, talk about it at their kitchen tables and i hope parents will talk to their daughters about being providers for themselves and their families. ly do that. do that. thank you marx rhea. thank you, david. tomorrow morning on today, former secretary robert gates with his first live interview since the release of his new memoir, duty, that we ve talked about here on program today. next week i ll interview secretary
women have, just like men. so many of the women that responded to our poll said they wished they had stayed and gotten their education. that s a predictor of being in economic peril. the message of this report is to women as well, to say you must think of yourself as providers, not being provided for. you ve got to stay in school. you ve got to get your education. delay family planning as long as you possibly can because those are primary indicators of ending up on the brink. we were talking about men s and women s roles changing in society. right. we re going to do that at some point, have that larger conversation because it s so interesting and so important. but this plays a role, right, in a huge way in how, for one thing, how women negotiate some of these difficulties at work. they may have a tough schedule, may not have a lot of leverage. this is not cheryl stand berg talking act leaning in. they are leaning in but they re still stuck. these are women who feel like they do
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joining the rest of american society. reporter: back then, the face of poverty was appalachian. today i it s mothers like catk e katrina gilbert, who works at a senior center. hi. are you done? yes, i am. reporter: her story is profiled in a new hbo documentary made for the shriver report. i ll be back tomorrow. $9.49 an hour for what we do. reporter: for millions of women like katrina, the shriver report documents how the dream of having it all has morphed into just hanging on, working mothers caught between their roles as breadwinners and primary caregivers. you call us, dad? yeah. reporter: it isn t the cleaver family of the 1950s anymore. today only 20% of families have a father who works and a stay-at-home mom. now 4 out of every 10 families with children have mothers who are the primary or only breadwinner. and the report looked at how women on the brink view their own lives.
have no chance of getting out of the condition they re in and joining the rest of american society. reporter: back then, the face of poverty was appalachian. today i it s mothers like catk e katrina gilbert, who works at a senior center. hi. are you done? yes, i am. reporter: her story is profiled in a new hbo documentary made for the shriver report. i ll be back tomorrow. $9.49 an hour for what we do. reporter: for millions of women like katrina, the shriver report documents how the dream of having it all has morphed into just hanging on, working mothers caught between their roles as breadwinners and primary caregivers. you call us, dad? yeah. reporter: it isn t the cleaver family of the 1950s anymore. today only 20% of families have a father who works and a stay-at-home mom. now 4 out of every 10 families with children have mothers who are the primary or only breadwinner. and the report looked at how