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When Genevieve Thiers was a senior at Boston College in the early 2000s, she watched a pregnant woman trudge up a steep hill to post ads for baby sitters.

Over the past 15 years, the number of women-owned businesses in the US has grown 54 percent; their profits are up 57 percent; but their employee base has grown only 8.8 percent, according to a March report.

PCS season begins this month, and to help moving military families find trustworthy childcare at their new base while the kids are out of school, the Pentagon has paid for memberships to a website that prescreens babysitters.

CHICAGO, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As schools close their doors for the summer, it often leaves parents scrambling to find a summer sitter.