Working women, and especially single moms, are hit hard by coronavirus downturn


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  • Saturday, 09 May 2020

Shana Swain poses with her daughters, 8-year-old Zuri and 5-year-old Amara, in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., in this undated handout photo, in April. Dianne Swain/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES, THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

(Reuters) - Before she was laid off from her bartending job in Charleston, South Carolina, Shana Swain used to spend her nights serving food and mixing Manhattans and Cosmopolitans.

Now Swain, 40, spends her evenings having dinner with her girls, age 5 and 8, and studying for her real-estate license, which she hopes will provide more long-term stability for her family after the coronavirus crisis upended her livelihood.

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