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Sidelined Again: How The Government Abandoned Working Women Amidst A Global Pandemic, Jessica K. Fink
Sidelined Again: How The Government Abandoned Working Women Amidst A Global Pandemic, Jessica K. Fink
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Among the weaknesses within American society exposed by the COVID pandemic, almost none has emerged more starkly than the government’s failure to provide meaningful and affordable childcare to working families—and, in particular, to working women. As the pandemic unfolded in the spring of 2020, state and local governments shuttered schools and daycare facilities and directed nannies and other babysitters to “stay at home.” Women quickly found themselves filling this domestic void, providing the overwhelming majority of childcare, educational support for their children, and management of household duties, often to the detriment of their careers. As of March 2021, more than …