WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Maria Shriver on Tuesday will present President Barack Obama with a copy of her report on the economic status of women.
The report, “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink,” tells the story of the financial insecurity of America’s families through the eyes of women. It finds that one-third of women are living near the brink of poverty despite making up half the U.S. workforce and two-thirds of the primary or co-breadwinners in their families.
Obama has been pressing Republicans to agree to extend unemployment insurance as he prepares to highlight income inequality in his State of the Union address on Jan. 28.
Shriver is a niece of President John F. Kennedy. She also is the wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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