Miranda Hobbes: The Single Mom Choice
Sex and the City was one of the hottest shows on TV in the early 2000s. The show has been praised as being groundbreaking for women in a number of ways, primarily in the realm of owning one’s sexuality. The show tackled a number of women’s issues including aging, marriage, careers, and parenthood. Although at this point, divorce was more often portrayed on the screen, other variants of single mothers had not yet been tackled. The character Miranda Hobbes, played by Cynthia Nixon, was one of the first. Miranda had a great job as a Harvard Law grad and ended up pregnant. Rather than rush to tie the knot, Miranda decides to co-parent instead. She also is shown having a great relationship with the father of her son, Steve. Although (much to the audience’s delight) Steve and Miranda ended up together, Miranda is another great example of a highly successful working single mom
