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74. Yes, it was amazing that the few young women I knew in college in the late Sixties who took

Sat Aug 24, 2019, 01:16 PM

Aug 2019

"the Pill" always had "excruciating cramps" and a sympathetic doctor. When applying for a teaching job, in those days, young women wearing an engagement or wedding ring were routinely asked what their plans were in starting a family. A teacher was not allowed in the classroom when her pregnancy began to show, and maternity leave before earning permanent certification (then three years) was usually not available, though often an unwritten rule for which you, in reality, had no choice.

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The following list is of NINE things a woman couldn't do in 1971 - yes the date is correct, 1971. [View all] MiniMe Aug 2019 OP

Great summary Sanity Claws Aug 2019 #1

I started college in 1963 at a state university. DURHAM D Aug 2019 #17

1966 freshman state college campus zeusdogmom Aug 2019 #49

I started practicing law in the '80s and female lawyers were expected to wear suits, not dresses StarfishSaver Aug 2019 #22

I remember that we had to wear dresses to school treestar Aug 2019 #60

And you weren't allowed to talk on job marlakay Aug 2019 #68

I do not miss panty hose. I wonder how many pairs gldstwmn Aug 2019 #110

Girls were not allowed to wear pants in my school system until 1971. yardwork Aug 2019 #111

Thank you for posting this ... CatMor Aug 2019 #2

My daughters don't understand how things were not that long ago. AJT Aug 2019 #3

This should be required in the curricula of all school systems. nt LAS14 Aug 2019 #4

Yep. Although I lived in N.Y. marybourg Aug 2019 #5

Thank you for posting this information. Dave in VA Aug 2019 #6

We have to fight to remember / remind we're we came from in history thinkingagain Aug 2019 #7

Could not get a bank loan, had to have her husbands approval to buy a house in her own name katmondoo Aug 2019 #8

or a car nt DURHAM D Aug 2019 #13

If her husband or father wouldn't/couldn't co-sign on the loan FakeNoose Aug 2019 #16

I remember those bad old days very well. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #9

K & R malaise Aug 2019 #10

Yes need to educate the young ones because burrowowl Aug 2019 #131

Most don't have a clue malaise Aug 2019 #132

And while not having researched any of this, I would be greatly surprised if republicans pangaia Aug 2019 #11

Republicans then were very different from Publicans marybourg Aug 2019 #75

Yes, there were some respectable republicans back then captain queeg Aug 2019 #81

I agree. marybourg Aug 2019 #82

Newt decimated the ethical scaffolding, making way for mcconnell's evil. JudyM Aug 2019 #96

Interesting way of looking at republicans, at least since just before reagan, pangaia Aug 2019 #105

Pangaia, your first point... JudyM Aug 2019 #151

Yes, I know. I live in NY pangaia Aug 2019 #87

Contrary to popular belief there was a time when decent Republicans existed Jake Stern Aug 2019 #103

K & R Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 #12

I was able to get a oprescription for the Pill PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #14

The availability of the pill depended on where you lived. DURHAM D Aug 2019 #21

Yes, it was amazing that the few young women I knew in college in the late Sixties who took maddiemom Aug 2019 #74

I may have told this story here before, murielm99 Aug 2019 #88

Good grief. That is a new one. nt DURHAM D Aug 2019 #91

What arrogance. Glad you found another doctor. Nt raccoon Aug 2019 #109

RE: #2... babylonsister Aug 2019 #15

And we were so self-righteous because Saudi women couldn't drive! thesquanderer Aug 2019 #18

Link to source? left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #19

Pulled off of Facebook, no link MiniMe Aug 2019 #30

I have Facebook left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #32

Will try to find it MiniMe Aug 2019 #33

found it left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #36

Sometimes Facebook sucks to find the original article MiniMe Aug 2019 #46

Did you click on my link? left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #48

Yes, and that is the article MiniMe Aug 2019 #52

Thanks, yes, that it the one MiniMe Aug 2019 #47

Lifted pretty heavily from a 2014 CNN article: greyl Aug 2019 #64

Funny thing, that: a lot of us could assemble that list from memory,with only a few checks for dates Hekate Aug 2019 #65

Great list Gothmog Aug 2019 #20

Kick and rec underpants Aug 2019 #23

We need the ERA NOW!! lastlib Aug 2019 #24

Couldn't get birth control if you were a young woman without a marriage license. lark Aug 2019 #25

I remember in Boston during very harsh winters, we could wear pants under our skirts - dawg day Aug 2019 #27

My GF and I were able to get birth control pills in '72 FL as teens. Ligyron Aug 2019 #57

In 1972, you were a teenager with a SIX dollar an hour job? maddiemom Aug 2019 #130

Well, I'm male so naturally I was paid more. Ligyron Aug 2019 #136

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. maddiemom Aug 2019 #142

in 1966 and 67 I worked a job for 35 dollars a week. That was under a demigoddess Sep 2019 #159

It is interesting in the article, it says it was originally for "menstrual distress." treestar Aug 2019 #61

They were also used for "menstrual regulation." lark Aug 2019 #106

Wow that doctor - if you have a miscarriage treestar Aug 2019 #143

My sisters' hormones were out of whack, 100%. lark Aug 2019 #144

I wonder is it really "dangerous" treestar Aug 2019 #145

It was 50 years ago, so can't remember all the ways he said it was dangerous. lark Aug 2019 #146

An older friend of mine wanted to get a sterilization after four children dawg day Aug 2019 #26

Many doctors still have requirements for tubal ligation Niagara Aug 2019 #119

Kick. MontanaMama Aug 2019 #28

I couldn't get a loan to buy a new car on my own in 71. procon Aug 2019 #29

Makes it really tough to establish Ilsa Aug 2019 #89

10: Roe v Wade was not decided until 1973 malthaussen Aug 2019 #31

8. Obtain health insurance at the same monetary rate as a man. LiberalFighter Aug 2019 #34

Interestingly, I might not mind soldierant Aug 2019 #127

In 1971, we couldn't play actual basketball because our uteruses might fall out. dawg day Aug 2019 #35

I remember that idiocy burrowowl Aug 2019 #133

My aunt was told horseback riding treestar Aug 2019 #147

With my 1959 college degree applying for a job in a Manhattan ad agency, BarbD Aug 2019 #37

1969: The director of an elite university art museum fired me bkz "my wife feels you're too pretty." stuffmatters Aug 2019 #125

This might still be happening in the 21st century... Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #150

OMG, the ubiquitous typing tests for all women applicants. stuffmatters Aug 2019 #134

I investigated attending a local business college Backseat Driver Aug 2019 #153

Newspapers listed jobs in two columns: murielm99 Aug 2019 #38

I was just talking with my husband about this the other day. livetohike Aug 2019 #63

I had forgotten about that! Daphne08 Aug 2019 #73

Do you have a link? nt tblue37 Aug 2019 #39

It is off of Facebook. MiniMe Aug 2019 #50

Everyone who lived through all that remembers. n/t pnwmom Aug 2019 #97

Wow! One hopes that the Republican Reactionaries don't work to restore this list to active duty. NT NNadir Aug 2019 #40

Just mind boggling. Ohiogal Aug 2019 #41

Several states only criminalize forced spousal rape Major Nikon Aug 2019 #42

I just logged in to make that very point. Ms. Toad Aug 2019 #107

I began college in 1957 spartan61 Aug 2019 #43

Remember being subject to 7 out of 9 of those. sinkingfeeling Aug 2019 #44

I remember a lady in the early 70s who went to a surgeon to have demigoddess Aug 2019 #45

Good god. Nt raccoon Aug 2019 #112

Would we consider those achievements of the Baby Boom generation? kentuck Aug 2019 #51

My thoughts exactly! OKNancy Aug 2019 #56

Same here. nt DURHAM D Aug 2019 #59

Me too! llmart Aug 2019 #124

Pretty incredible facts. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #53

Pretty mindblowing! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #54

In '79 I had to fight to get utilities and a phone after my divorce! Greybnk48 Aug 2019 #55

When I attended a public high school in LibDemAlways Aug 2019 #58

I remember it well. It's deeply painful to watch our society regress. nt Hekate Aug 2019 #62

It's sometimes hard for me, a man, to remember all the changes. captain queeg Aug 2019 #66

In 1969 in NV we could work overtime, just couldn't be paid overtime. Hortensis Aug 2019 #67

And we still have young women proudly claiming they are not feminists question everything Aug 2019 #69

My father had to cosign for me Daphne08 Aug 2019 #70

I lied in every job interview I went on, Mme. Defarge Aug 2019 #71

Going to grade school in the 1960s Ginger42 Aug 2019 #72

I remember those bitter cold days. Delmette2.0 Aug 2019 #115

My wife and I were teaching in SC in the 70s.... Sancho Aug 2019 #76

Women could also not get a mortgage in their own name as well until the 1980s NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #77

My neighbor was a claims adjuster in 1971 JenniferJuniper Aug 2019 #78

Cornell in the Ivy League did admit women starting in 1870 NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #79

Yes, and in the sixties, Dartmouth, Yale & Princeton did not admit undergrad women at all. stuffmatters Aug 2019 #129

Back in the 1960s NewJeffCT Aug 2019 #135

That was not my perception or lived experience of my own class of 1965-1969. stuffmatters Aug 2019 #155

Females were required to take Home Economics DURHAM D Aug 2019 #80

Don't remember it as being a requirement to graduate MiniMe Aug 2019 #83

I was in the band. DURHAM D Aug 2019 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author captain queeg Aug 2019 #138

It was required at my school in So Calif procon Aug 2019 #152

That was still going on when I was in HS captain queeg Aug 2019 #84

When? MiniMe Aug 2019 #85

Graduated HS in 75, college in 89 captain queeg Aug 2019 #139

It's a life skill shanti Aug 2019 #90

iirc they started calling it Domestic Arts. DURHAM D Aug 2019 #92

It occurs to me that the refusal to issue credit cards to women may have had something in common Nitram Aug 2019 #94

We couldn't wear pants to school OKNancy Aug 2019 #95

I was just talking on the phone with my sibling about Home Ec. DURHAM D Aug 2019 #98

We had to take it in 8th grade while the boys took metal shop treestar Aug 2019 #149

+1 it was a required course from 7th to 9th grade for all girls. Boys demigoddess Aug 2019 #156

In 1983 I saw a judge in the 9th District Federal Court Mr.Bill Aug 2019 #93

Justice Ginsburg graduated from Cornell in 1954 and Columbia Law School in 1959. That's "Ivy League" Progressive Law Aug 2019 #99

In that year my mother had to get a "Power of Attorney" rickyhall Aug 2019 #100

Women in Switzerland didn't have the right to vote until 1972. Collimator Aug 2019 #101

1971 in Chicago locks Aug 2019 #102

Unfortunately, titling cars that way was common back then MiniMe Aug 2019 #108

Well that's amazing but mahina Aug 2019 #104

Yep, born LittleGirl Aug 2019 #113

Whenever someone, Ginger42 Aug 2019 #114

1968 credit card skorpo Aug 2019 #116

I think? Women couldn't be cops New Breed Leader Aug 2019 #117

That sounds about right MiniMe Aug 2019 #120

In Switzerland, women got the vote just in that year! LeftishBrit Aug 2019 #118

Kicked & Rec Niagara Aug 2019 #121

In 1978 mgardener Aug 2019 #122

Penn started admitting women in the 1870s... brooklynite Aug 2019 #123

Re number 4. sarge43 Aug 2019 #126

This is a great thread and yes, I think I'll print it off for any young woman who doesn't like... llmart Aug 2019 #128

Thanks to all who posted. I remember it all! Once in a while, I te4ll my granddaughter about napi21 Aug 2019 #137

My mother used to rant and rave about #1 BumRushDaShow Aug 2019 #140

Fuck Head and Moscow Mitch would love to go back to that. 47of74 Aug 2019 #141

Thanks for the info peasant one Aug 2019 #148

In 1976 my parents pettioned the local trade school to allow me to take auto mechanics Runningdawg Aug 2019 #154

I remember a girl in second grade being told by the principal that demigoddess Aug 2019 #157

My mother wrote to the school board JenniferJuniper Aug 2019 #158