article_snippet: my own mother was in my own mother generation's first cohort of "working moms.
article_snippet: "  my own mother had a successful career as an executive at AT&T and then Lucent Technologies.  
article_snippet: my own mother left for work early each morning, but was always home by five or six -- in time to spend time with my own mother, not to cook.
article_snippet: Both my parents worked equally hard, but there was no doubt when I was growing up that cooking was my mom's responsibility -- even if that  meant buying prepared meals from the Allentown Farmer's Market, spooning it onto plates, pressing "Power" then "Start.
article_snippet: Life inside the house -- food, dishes, cleaning, tidying, clothing, hygiene -- was my mom's responsibility, just as it was
article_snippet: This daily labor weighed more on my mother.  
article_snippet: and I have in common with my parents