This week Verena Hefti MBE chats with Jessica Calarco, a Sociologist and Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about women's role as a social safety net and what needs to change. Jessica is a leading expert on inequalities in family life and education and is the author of the forthcoming book Holding It Together - How Women Became America's Safety Net. Show Notes: Visit Jessica's website: www.jessicacalarco.comPre-order Jessica's book Holding It Together - How Women Became America's Safety Net here.