December 21, 2020
Annie Bhatnagar who teaches English as a Second Language in Las Vegas, NV schools, home with her children. Her son is baking cookies for Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020, for his grandmother to drop off at her doorstep. (Photo: courtesy Annie Bhatnagar)
There was never a question of who would quit. As a preschool teacher in Cedar Rapids, Samantha Roy made less than one-fifth of her husband’s salary. Now, Roy, 37, is managing virtual learning for their four kids and feels like she’s falling apart. She represents a phenomenon that sociologist Jessica Calarco recently observed: “Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.”