Of the married women making more money than their spouses, 71 percent of the husbands are working and they have a median family income of $80,000, according to 2011 numbers.
In 1960, only 4 percent of married moms were making more than their husbands; now it’s 23 percent. That translates into 5.1 million married “breadwinner moms.”
I’m not one of these women and will probably never be for obvious reasons, but good for them! Of course, there could be less unemployed men and even more high-achieving women, but the trend is positive. Now it needs to speed up a little.

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