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State needs women back in workforce to fuel recovery

OUTLIER: Engineering is traditionally male-dominated, but not at Warwick’s Steere Engineering Inc. Owner Patricia Steele says about half of her 25 employees are women. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
OUTLIER: Engineering is traditionally male-dominated, but not at Warwick’s Steere Engineering Inc. Owner Patricia Steele says about half of her 25 employees are women. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

It’s no secret that COVID-19’s health and economic effects have been disturbingly disproportionate, devastating some minority groups and industries much worse than others. It is much the same story in the local and national workforces, with women losing jobs at a much higher rate than men. The reasons for this include women taking on more

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