When schools and child care centers shut down last spring, 5.1 million American mothers stopped working for pay. Today, 1.3 million of them are out of work. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
When the pandemic created a child-care crisis, mothers became the default solution. Interviews with 15 women in Los Angeles County revealed what that cost them — a loss of identity apart from one, being a mother. Read their stories here. nyti.ms/3tZw4Gn
Leah Duenas Torres was proud to be the family breadwinner, after growing up in poverty. Then, in the pandemic, she lost her sales job and began spending her days overseeing remote school. nyti.ms/3tZw4Gn 
April Williams had just gotten the promotion, to supply chain director, that she had worked toward for 16 years. Then her son’s school closed. Soon after, she was laid off. nyti.ms/3tZw4Gn
Jennifer Park Zerkel had followed a dream of starting a tutoring business but hit pause to stay home with her two children. nyti.ms/3tZw4Gn
Are you a mother who left the work force during the pandemic? We’d like to hear from you. nyti.ms/3bCqpQ1
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