The Broadsheet: Something that’s only become clearer as the coronavirus pandemic has spread: Women are on the front lines of the crisis. There are the women who make up more than 85% of registered nurses nationwide. There are the women who work two-thirds of minimum wage jobs, many of whom are either losing their jobs as businesses close, or becoming more crucial than ever as they provide the essential services that keep society running. And there are the women who work as caregivers outside hospitals, in nursing homes, in people’s homes, and those who look after at-risk or elderly members of their own families for no pay at all.

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