EditorialOhio Mother Left Paralysed From The Waist Down After Falling Out Of A Tree Shares How Physiotherapy Has Helped Her Regain Movement In Her Legs
EditorialOne study found that, among household chores, dishwashing by men was most consequential for women’s happiness in the relationship. (Maggie Steber/The New York Times)
EditorialThe sisters Sarah Richter, left, and Rebecca Spigelman, who helped Richter with household chores and other things when she was pregnant during the pandemic, in Central Park in New York, Aug. 10, 2022. (Tess Ayano/The New York Times)
EditorialChandro Tomar, 89, stands for a portrait at her home in Johri, India, Feb. 14, 2021. Tomar first picked up a gun when she was around 68. Until then, she had led a quiet life in Johri, a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, one of the most conservative regions in India. She spent her days on household chores — milking cows, cutting the grass, grinding wheat and mopping the floors of the large home she shared with her extended family. But a trip to a local shooting range with her granddaughter Shefali, who was 12 at the time, changed everything. She went on to become a medal-winning sharpshooter, eventually winning more than 25 medals. Tomar, who was born in 1931, died on April 30, 2021, at a hospital in the town of Meerut, near her village, said Sumit Rathi, her granddaughter. Tomar, who was born in 1931, died on April 30, 2021, at a hospital in the town of Meerut, near her village, said Sumit Rathi, her granddaughter Shefali’s husband. She had been hospitalized for a gastrointestinal disorder and then suffered a brain hemorrhage, he said. (Smita Sharma/The New York Times)
EditorialSurprisingly, young couples today are not that much more egalitarian in dividing household chores than they were three-quarters of a century ago. (Library of Congress via The New York Times)
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