April 7, Adria Richmond, program specialist/lead designer at the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, SMU Dallas, for a commentary about the burden working moms weathered during the pandemic. Published in USA Today: https://bit.ly/3umM5qq
I want to assert this from the get-go: All motherhood is full-time motherhood and full-time work. Some of us who work outside of the home just happen to have an additional full-time job as well.
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue and society begins reopening, our eyes will be drawn to the things we get to experience again, like kids in schools and our work colleagues at desks. But many of those long-empty desks will not be filled with the working mothers who were forced out of their jobs during the pandemic.
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