John Podesta

President, Center for American Progress

"We've created a provocative study that we expect will spur a national conversation about what women's emerging economic power means for our way of life. While Americans have been busy adapting to monumental shift in our culture, our government, businesses and faith institutions have not kept pace with the reality of the modern American family. This report contemplates what a new America should look like after we finally embrace this important new dynamic in our lives and address these challenges not as 'women's issues' but as fundamental issues important to the livelihood and well being of both men and women."

Gabriele Sedlmayer

Hewlett Packard — VP for Global Social Innovations

"HP has been a champion for women and women’s causes since its inception. Today HP can boast that 3 of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business hold executive positions at HP. We are proud be associated with Maria’s program and we clearly are committed to helping women break through, thrive and succeed in any endeavor they elect to pursue."

Christiane Northrup, M.D.

OB/GYN physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers:
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

"The Shriver Report provides important new understanding about the fact that women and men are now negotiating about how best to care for themselves and their families. Since health was the #1 concern for both women and men in this survey, the time is now ripe for individuals to understand that regardless of what the Obama administration does, their health is something nearly all of us have the ability to protect and improve"

Christie Hefner

Former Chairman & CEO, Playboy Enterprises;
Co-Founder, The Committee of 200;
Board Member, Springboard Enterprises

"For decades we advocated for employment opportunities and equal pay for women based on principles of equal rights and social justice. Now this compelling, in depth new report powerfully illustrates and advocates that this is both a competitive imperative for the U.S. economy and a key to having a society that fosters healthy, secure families"

Daniel Goleman

Author of Emotional Intelligence

"The Shriver Report offers groundbreaking insights into one of the most important social trends of our time."

Senator William H. Frist, M.D.

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader;
Chairman, Hope Through Healing Hands

"Better education means better health, especially for women. The Shriver Report uniquely showcases the advance of women in post-secondary education over the past quarter of a century, while uncovering the economic gap that women still face. This work will advance the conversation on gender inequality."

Cheryl Saban, Ph.D.

Author and Founder — The Women's Self Worth Foundation

"Women are on the cusp of a huge change, with mothers now the primary breadwinners in 2/3’s of American families. I am thrilled to see Maria’s report lay the groundwork for how society can better support the new American worker and the new American family. Her report acknowledges that recognizing this sea change is only the first step, with the second being to identify what we need to do to reshape the institutions around us. I believe that acknowledging and believing in one’s own self-worth will be even more critical for women to thrive both in the workplace and in the home as our culture adapts to these changes."

Mary M. Wiberg

Executive Director — California Commission on the Status of Women

"The issues highlighted in the Shriver Report will stimulate dialog and lead to better public policy for working women and their families all across the nation. The report stands on the shoulders of the talented, committed individuals, organizations and institutions that have worked tirelessly for decades to bring us to this transitional point in American life. The California Commission on the Status of Women is proud to be among those groups. We are grateful for the vision, dedication, and leadership of California's First Lady Maria Shriver in providing a venue for further examining the issues facing women in the workplace today."

Judith L. Lichtman

Senior Advisor — National Partnership for Women & Families

"This is an important report that will do a tremendous amount to focus attention on some of the most critical issues of our time, including how we structure our work lives, care for our families, and keep our economy strong. We look forward to a lively national conversation that will help shine a spotlight on the need for reforms, and will help advance the policy and workplace solutions the nation urgently needs."

Suze Orman

America's Most Listened to Personal Finance Expert and host of CNBCs Suze Orman Show

"The Shriver Report comes at one of the most transformative times in American history. A time when how a woman functions within the home, the workplace and within her own life will never be the same again. To walk into the future and be as powerful as you are meant to be, you have to understand what has changed, why it has changed and how you have to change so you can be a part of it."

Sister Joan Chittister

OSB & Author, The Gift of Years;
Co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women

"The Shriver Report is the most important gathering of data and analysis of social issues to happen for women in the United States in over 50 years: It will change the character of our interpersonal relationships. It will be the criteria against which future social policies will be evaluate. It will recast the discussion about society's need for women's gifts. It will redefine the place of women in developing our nation. It will give the issues of the modern world a broader, deeper, more inclusive perspective. It will bring real equality and real respect for the skills and presence and insights of women as well as men in this country. And, as a result, we will be a stronger, more creative, more compassionate people."

Majora Carter

Environmental justice advocate and economic consultant
Founder, Sustainable South Bronx

"Proximity to fossil fuel emissions has been directly linked to learning disabilities in non-smoking households in a 2006 Columbia University study. Who is most likely to deal with the school, tutoring resources, or the stress this situation creates? Mom. A working mom."

Judy Gold

Former Chair, Obama for America Women’s Policy Committee
Former Chair, Illinois Commission on the Status of Women

"The Shriver Report brings you facts, insights and companionship for equalizing everything from who does the housework to how our economy works. It's a gift to women and men who are making democratic families and friendships, workplaces and businesses. You won't be able to put it down because it's about our lives."

Condoleezza Rice

former Secretary of State

"The Shriver Report makes clear that the hopes of our mothers and grandmothers -- that women can be or do anything we want in life -- are being realized. America is a stronger, better, and certainly a more equal place with women playing a crucial role in all aspects of society, and that is an America I am proud to live in and to have served.

In the coming decades, it is vital that America remains vigilant not to lose the gains we have experienced in this country, but to also extend them to more and more women in America and beyond our shores to women worldwide."

Laurence H. Tribe

Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School

""The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything" is a vitally important publication, one that will reshape the nation's and world's conversation about the role of women."