Alicia Forrick: Getting Back In The Workplace
The Good Wife follows a woman named Alicia Forrick who is just beginning to reignite her law career after being at home with her children for thirteen years. Alicia, played by Julianna Marguiles, didn’t have much of a choice after her husband is sent to jail. Suddenly, she finds herself as a single mother while also attempting to re-enter a world that she had long left behind. The show also touches on the struggle she faces of attempting to make time for her kids when she previously used to give them all of her time. Many women in the real world decide to take time away from their career in order to raise their kids and then face the challenge of attempting to resume their career which is not always the easiest of tasks. Alicia shows that women can always get things done.
