What has COVID-19 meant for working women?

It finally happened in February. After almost 12 months of relying on our parents for childcare so that my wife and I could continue to work during the pandemic, we were faced with a hard decision: either start looking for somebody to watch our daughter during the day, or one of us would have to quit. We sat down over a glass of wine to talk about it, and after a long conversation (along with a few awkward moments of silence), we decided that I would continue to work and my wife would leave her job.