breadwinner

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

Here’s the short version: Tradwives promote a traditional model of family life, prioritizing being a homemaker and a primary caregiver and supporting their husbands’ role as the primary breadwinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 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

Like many of the workers arrested, he was the primary breadwinner for his family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

“I am the breadwinner in this family, and I don't think it's unreasonable for me to spend at least a portion of my salary however the hell I see fit.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Then they’d take their earnings home to Mexico as breadwinners and comparatively rich men, and stay until the next year’s season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

North Korean women, on the other hand, "are very tough and resilient", Han said, reflecting a widely-held perception of them as hardworking and resourceful breadwinners in a country where everyday life can be incredibly hard.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The result: Most breadwinners still have jobs, and they are still spending.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

The tragic faces one meets with are of the women breadwinners whose burdens are overwhelming and of the children in whom physical fatigue arrests development and all possibility of pleasure.

From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Marie Van Vorst