Lyz Lenz

Lyz Lenz is the author of This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

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After My Divorce Money Became My Freedom

Lyz Lenz, author of This American Ex-Wife, on how financial dependence keeps women trapped in marriages they want to leave.

By Lyz Lenz

Why Must Women Wait for the Supreme Court to Decide What We Can Do With Our Bodies?

I knew what abortion was even before I knew how babies were made. As a child in the hot brick Baptist churches of Texas, I was told that there were women who threw babies in...

By Lyz Lenz

America Has Been Failing Mothers for a Long Time. The Pandemic Made It Clear What Needs to Happen

In 1974, humorist Erma Bombeck published a syndicated newspaper column that looms over the lives of American mothers whether they’ve read it or not. In “When God Created Mothers,” Bombeck describes God making a mother...

By Lyz Lenz

How Many Personal Stories Must Women Share to Convince Others of Their Humanity?

How many personal stories must women share to convince others of their humanity?

By Lyz Lenz
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