Experts Say COVID-19 Sparked ‘America’s First Female Recession’
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted working women, reversing years of job gains and economic advancement.
By Stephanie Kim

Experts Say COVID-19 Sparked ‘America’s First Female Recession’
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted working women, reversing years of job gains and economic advancement.
By Stephanie Kim
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For the first time since 1948, the unemployment rate of women in the U.S. has reached double digits.
Reset takes a closer look at why job losses are hurting women more than men, and how the COVID-19 recession is different from others.
GUESTS: Chabeli Carrazana, women and the economy reporter for The 19th
Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, researcher at Northwestern University