Working Mothers As the saying goes, “ A woman’s place is in the home,” is this still true or is a woman’s new place in the work force? The issue of whether married working mothers should stay at home with the children, and do chores, or join the work force, effects this almost every household across this country. For the past three decades, mostly the last half of this century, the issue of gender equity has been on the lips of almost every American citizen. Recently the issue hasn’t been the hot topic, but still remains. Over the past few years, fifty percent of all women in the United States have joined the work force. The work force presently is forty-seven percent women, ranging