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Sandra Bookman has more on what it is and why we celebrate it. Now, two recently unemployed women -- both mothers -- are making some tough choices as they care for their families. "I loved my job," Leslie Chiaramonte said. "I worked really hard for the position I had, and it didn't matter." Stephanie Kinley feels her pain. "Where you fought to get at, you have now fight to try to get back to where we were," she said. "And it's no fault of your own." They are both out of work because of COVID, as they needed to care for their children learning at home.

Mara Bolis, with Oxfam America, says childcare is part of infrastructure. "Do you know that we put in the Cares Act, we put more money into Delta airlines than we did into the entire childcare sector?" she said. "We do not expect anyone to go to work without a road on which to drive to work. That's where we have to get to. We have to get to recognizing the fact that childcare is essential infrastructure that deserves investment, and it will garner returns in terms of GDP growth, in terms of wages, and in terms of tax revenue." Another indicator is American history. A century ago, after the 19...

'I am a better mom': After quitting their jobs during the pandemic to care for family, here's how it changed these women Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Rockland/Westchester Journal News A mom's decisions about work during the pandemic Replay Video UP NEXT NEW YORK – More than 2.2 million women left the U.S. workforce since the start of the pandemic. Last fall, there were 1.6 million fewer mothers in the labor force than would be expected without COVID-19-related school closures, according to an analysis by Ernie Tedeschi, an economist at the investment banking advisory firm E...

When COVID-19 hit, some moms quit their jobs to provide child care. From Girl Scout meetings, to cooking, to night school, here's how they've changed.