"It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game."
"There's a lot of research on the shift in who deals with money when families get in trouble. In good times, husbands handle the family's finances about 80 percent of the time. But when times turn sour and families start dealing with creditors and managing unpayable bills, women take more active roles."
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Source: Interview with Ruth Conniff, progressive.org. December 27, 2009.
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