Beyond financial reasons, a wife/mother that is working also gives her independence and security. Nowadays, it is important that the woman of the house also knows how to work and earn her own money. Aside from the financial aid she gives her husband, it also makes her proud of herself that she is earning her own money and can buy the things she wants without from her husband. Added to this, whatever might happen to her husband (death or divorce), she knows how to keep and sustain her family because she has her own means of earning money.