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ailsagirl

(22,897 posts) Sat May 28, 2016, 09:51 PM May 2016

17 Crazy Things Women Couldn't Do in 1960 [View all]

Get a credit card?
Get an Ivy-League education? (Cornell is the exception-- women have studied there since 1870!!)
Keep their jobs while pregnant?

http://offbeat.topix.com/slideshow/15483

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17 Crazy Things Women Couldn't Do in 1960 [View all] ailsagirl May 2016 OP

We've come a long way, baby! ;-) n/t ReRe May 2016 #1

I was blown away by this slideshow ailsagirl May 2016 #2

That's an old expression; but the slide show got one equality "right" backward. It could elect Trump Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #13

You're right... ReRe May 2016 #18

plus one Liberal_in_LA May 2016 #29

"Legally use contraceptives with your husband in every state" postatomic May 2016 #3

It was in 1951. sheshe2 May 2016 #5

I know ailsagirl May 2016 #10

In 1950, Harvard Law admitted 14 women. Downwinder May 2016 #4

Then the premise of the quiz is wrong ailsagirl May 2016 #8

Notice they qualified marybourg May 2016 #22

A least there was a grain of truth there ailsagirl May 2016 #24

That's where the right wing would take us back to. Kath1 May 2016 #6

You're right DesertRat May 2016 #20

Kicking sheshe2 May 2016 #7

Re: serving on a jury LiberalElite May 2016 #9

wow-- that's amazing ailsagirl May 2016 #11

A woman couldn't get a mortgage on her own until the 1970s NewJeffCT May 2016 #12

That obviously changed when women started entering the workforce ailsagirl May 2016 #16

Women were already in the workforce and many earned enough to qualify on their own Gormy Cuss May 2016 #32

That's true ailsagirl May 2016 #35

The thing is, there were many women in the workforce in spite of the legal barriers Gormy Cuss May 2016 #36

I grew up with this bullshit. Being poor and stupid wasn't bad enough, I guess. nt valerief May 2016 #14

There are 4 states where co-habitation is still illegal??? Odin2005 May 2016 #15

$500 fine or 60 days in jail in Florida IronLionZion May 2016 #19

Florida just recently repealed that law davidn3600 May 2016 #23

Good, there are a few other states that still have it IronLionZion May 2016 #25

It may be on the books but the laws are unenforceable. NutmegYankee May 2016 #26

I remember this well. In fact... KauaiK May 2016 #17

Very misleading title. TygrBright May 2016 #21

or better yet... Bucky May 2016 #28

20 crazy advertisements and pop ups on one page in 2016! jberryhill May 2016 #27

I also remember pmorlan1 May 2016 #30

To this day I have refused all offers of an American Express card katmondoo May 2016 #31

My mother paid off the Sears charge after my parents divorced. Gormy Cuss May 2016 #33

WHAT THE FUCK??? Odin2005 May 2016 #34