A must read to help understand the cultural history of the working mother/childcare gap we find ourselves in today. “By late 1944, a mother could send a child of two to five years of age to childcare for 50 cents per day (about $7 in today’s money, adjusting for inflation). That included lunch, and snacks in the morning and afternoon.”

	Who Took Care of Rosie the Riveter’s Kids? – The Atlantic Government-run childcare was crucial in enabling women’s employment during World War II, but today the program has largely been forgotten.
Source: www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/daycare-world-war-rosie-riveter/415650/