The New York Times, February 18, 2021, 2.5 Million Women Left the Work Force During the Pandemic. Harris Sees a ‘National Emergency.’
“In one year,” Vice President Kamala Harris said, “the pandemic has put decades of the progress we have collectively made for women workers at risk.”
Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday that the 2.5 million women who have left the work force since the beginning of the pandemic constituted a “national emergency” that could be addressed by the Biden administration’s coronavirus relief plan.
