Women to Watch

The pandemic has only served to heighten the inequalities that still exist between even the most enlightened men and women.

Black women account for more than 21 million of the approximately 330 million people counted in the U.S. population. For the 2020 edition of Women to Watch, The Baltimore Sun is spotlighting the numbers behind their educational achievement, professional lives and political might.

Experts say there’s been a gradual but growing realization that child care is an economic problem that crosses genders, races and income levels. And that was before the pandemic.

For 378 straight weeks, Tawanda Jones has told her brother’s story to anyone who will listen.

Here are the brightest women in the Baltimore area for 2020, in fields ranging from business to advocacy.

Adrienne Jones made “double history” last year to become the first woman and first African American to preside over Maryland’s House of Delegates. For the new House speaker, it wasn’t enough to break barriers on her own.