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
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
He’s also a breadwinner again for his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Now, she’s too busy getting herself ready—she’s had to become the full-time breadwinner.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
They are typically mid-career and are often primary breadwinners.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was an era where men were the primary breadwinners in most households.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Having regard to the thousands of perishing families in the Five Towns, he foresaw a rush and a crush of eager breadwinners.
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
