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Like your mother, I was also influenced by MS Magazine and the feminist movement. Working for me was a given when I had my kids in the 1970’s.But it was a constant struggle because the major difficulty that prevented women from working was the same one that has continued to this day. Primarily, it is is the scarcity and expense of childcare, coupled with the shortage of decent maternity leave that obligates women to stop working outside the house. While we have experienced a great increase in women’s salaries, those mostly affect middle and upper class women. Availability of good quality childcare affects ALL women who want to work. We should follow the example provided by many other countries and stop looking for new reasons for women dropping out of the workforce.

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