This Week in Women – Easter is Cancelled

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Another week under the stay-at-home mandate has passed. But this weekend is a tough one because we will not celebrate Easter in any traditional sense. We have the outfits for the children and their beautiful Easter baskets. But we won’t have that long lunch with family or attend the service at church. And I love the people watching in New Orleans on Easter Sunday. There is one and only one second line that passes in front of our home in New Orleans. The Pigeon Town Steppers march on Easter Sunday. We will miss them.

Of course, the meaning of Easter is not cancelled. We need it’s uplifting message more than ever. There is hope in the world. We will beat the coronavirus. We are beating it. I think I finally see the light at the end of this long, dark tunnel.

Women are Losing More Jobs in Coronavirus Shutdown

Scott Horsley for NPR

The Labor Department says more than 700,000 jobs were eliminated in the first wave of pandemic layoffs last month. Nearly 60% of those jobs were held by women.

She Came to the Rescue During the Great Depression. Now Her Work is Still Aiding Jobless Americans.

Annalyn Kurtz for CNN Business

Meet Frances Perkins: the first female member of a presidential cabinet, and the chief architect behind many New Deal programs that live on 85 years later.

Frances Perkins, who served as US Secretary of Labor during the Great Depression, was the chief architect behind Social Security, unemployment insurance, the 40-hour work week and the minimum wage. (Frances Perkins Center)
Frances Perkins, who served as US Secretary of Labor during the Great Depression, was the chief architect behind Social Security, unemployment insurance, the 40-hour work week and the minimum wage. (Frances Perkins Center)

 

ICYMI: I interviewed the father of financial life planning, George Kinder, on The Compound

And now, a message from the Easter Bunny

 

The Original Pigeon Town Steppers dance down the streets to the music of the Stooges Brass Band during the 17th annual Easter Sunday second line.
(Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

 

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