Moms Stuck on the Sidelines in Hot U.S. Job Market Recovery

Marianne Russo quit her job at Facebook Inc. last year when the pandemic closed her kids’ schools.

Now, she’s vaccinated, schools are reopening and Russo, one of more than 1.4 million mothers who leftthe workforce during Covid, is struggling to break back in.

Even as the economy brightens with every jab in an arm, signs are emerging that resume gaps and ongoing child-care responsibilities are still holding many women back. Mothers between the ages of 25 and 54 remain out of the workforce at higher rates than everyone else, according to analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

And as ...