Was Winning Women’s Right to Work a Mistake?

Was Winning Women’s Right to Work a Mistake?
The pandemic has revealed how tired women are from work and housework. Did the gains from second-wave feminism deliver liberation or overworked and underpaid women?
Nicole Froio
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Sep 7, 2021
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In her 2016 Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, Ali Wong performed her set while looking very pregnant onstage. This…
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Written by Nicole Froio
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Columnist, reporter, researcher, feminist. Views my own. #Latina. Tip jar: paypal.me/NHernandezFroio
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