She has found herself squeezed between work and caring for her two kids during the coronavirus pandemic.

She has found herself squeezed between work and caring for her two kids during the coronavirus pandemic.

But that's work he can't really do from home, and he gets paid more quickly than she does.

Coronavirus has women doing even more work at home.

The challenge of juggling work and raising kids has only increased during the pandemic, according to Claudia Goldin, professor of economics at Harvard University.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, working moms already did more child care and more housework than their male partners.

A reduction in work hours, as Mamie Brown has experienced, is just one way the coronavirus pandemic could reverse economic gains women made over the last half-century.

In addition, the pandemic is pulling women out of work altogether.

Even with her struggles, Brown is in a few privileged groups: her husband helps with the child care, and she can do her work from home.

In addition, tens of millions of essential workers can't work from home, and many of them need child care in order to do their jobs

"We relied quite heavily on women during this pandemic, not only for work done in the home, but for work done outside the home," Holder said

Having to leave home to go to work forces many of those women make tough decisions: for example, whether put kids in child care (if it's open), as well as how to protect their families from the virus if those women are front line healthcare workers