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niyad

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12. Or Ms. Susan Smith.

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #10)

Wed May 18, 2022, 07:21 PM

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Tweet:Woman told husb that women couldn't even get a credit card w/o a male signature until 1974 [View all] Swede May 2022 OP

I'll attest to this Deuxcents May 2022 #1

I still remember trying to get a credit card in the late seventies Susan Calvin May 2022 #56

Couldn't get a house or car loan without a male signature. DURHAM D May 2022 #2

Okie Gov. Stitt also has two girls. Doesn't seem to have aided his perception much. Beartracks May 2022 #3

I remember. I was separated from my first husband wnylib May 2022 #22

Good for you. yagotme May 2022 #27

The irony is that throughout the marriage wnylib May 2022 #39

Sad that that had to happen to you, yagotme May 2022 #42

There were too many stories like yours, and even worse of elderly widows who'd been the family... Hekate May 2022 #55

Mind you, even this was an improvement GeoWilliam750 May 2022 #100

I remember those days The Blue Flower May 2022 #4

A b s o l u t e l y DURHAM D May 2022 #15

I absolutely remember those ads! ShazzieB May 2022 #17

Ugh! How awful! smirkymonkey May 2022 #68

How about all those job listings for "Gal Friday?" I worked tons of jobs in the clerical japple May 2022 #19

Oh, yeah. Repulsive ads. wnylib May 2022 #26

my mom's old trunk is lined with papers from the 1960s.. jobs listed by gender and Colored or white Demovictory9 May 2022 #29

Yup. 2naSalit May 2022 #84

Single women had trouble renting an apartment in NYC without a co-signer. madaboutharry May 2022 #5

Another way of humiliating women wnylib May 2022 #28

it was ladies or girls, never women Demovictory9 May 2022 #30

I remember when NYT ran a full page brer cat May 2022 #54

I remember well getting my first card in my name! slightlv May 2022 #6

"March" with your money Wednesdays May 2022 #50

How about buying a car?! slightlv May 2022 #7

Married women couldn't but single women could dflprincess May 2022 #8

It was state- or company- specific. Ms. Toad May 2022 #13

I think you must be right. soldierant May 2022 #37

That was probably true in most states - at least at some point. TomSlick May 2022 #70

My mom could not sit at a bar while awaiting for a dinner table Evergreen Emerald May 2022 #9

I recall a women had to use her husbands name too Mrs John Smith Historic NY May 2022 #10

Or Ms. Susan Smith. niyad May 2022 #12

Ms. was much later in fact it wasn't approved for use by the post office until Feb 1972. Historic NY May 2022 #66

The OP was talking about 1974. Ms. caame before that. niyad May 2022 #69

it kills me that so many women still take their husband's name Skittles May 2022 #18

I did because i went from 13 letters to 5 letters by so doing. soldierant May 2022 #44

When I married my first wife in 1972, she hyphenated her last name with mine. panader0 May 2022 #53

look at the ceremony itself Skittles May 2022 #75

I did after about 4 years of marriage. MoonchildCA May 2022 #64

I think that should be an option open to both parties DFW May 2022 #78

In most states she had to take her husband's name dflprincess May 2022 #59

I was getting death certificate copies recently Meowmee May 2022 #81

Why are some women so happy to be subservient? hamsterjill May 2022 #89

Yes Meowmee May 2022 #101

And it is getting worse again, thanks to all the WOMAN HATERS out there. niyad May 2022 #11

in the 1990s, I was walking to a nearby store at dusk, male neighbor biked by and said Demovictory9 May 2022 #31

How dared you??? niyad May 2022 #71

I remember many times when women wnylib May 2022 #46

I had more than one conversation with those women. Such a little niyad May 2022 #72

Just watch kacekwl May 2022 #73

I remember watching Bewitched iwillalwayswonderwhy May 2022 #82

Same thing with "I Dream of Jeannie." malthaussen May 2022 #91

I Dream of Jeannie made me wretch wnylib May 2022 #92

Regarding TV shows- It seems so many TV shows the main idea was to keep the man calm. Alwaysna May 2022 #96

Or I Love Lucy hamsterjill May 2022 #88

Of course, if a male were to say "I have to ask my wife" about an engagement... malthaussen May 2022 #90

And yet to this day, when men are buying a car Mr.Bill May 2022 #97

Apartment leasing llmart May 2022 #14

In 1974, I did a survey for one of my senior classes Ms. Toad May 2022 #16

And young women in the past 30 or so were proud to declare they were not feminists question everything May 2022 #20

I remember getting my first Macy's credit card in 1975 kimbutgar May 2022 #21

And we're not going back. Joinfortmill May 2022 #23

nope Demovictory9 May 2022 #32

Here's an article on other restrictions women faced Jarqui May 2022 #24

I divorced my husband in 1989 MOMFUDSKI May 2022 #25

Yep, even in the 1980s Novara May 2022 #33

I had an American Express Card because my job required travel. I was single at the time. katmondoo May 2022 #45

Again, if age is a barrier, Wednesdays May 2022 #51

Similar thing inthewind21 May 2022 #98

That's an over simplification Bucky May 2022 #34

No it's not an oversimplification crazylikafox May 2022 #63

Presenting anything as an absolute is by nature an oversimplification Bucky May 2022 #93

just a few years ago, Utah - divorcing women needed ex husbands signature to change their names Demovictory9 May 2022 #35

Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #36

If you didn't live thru that period... bluboid May 2022 #38

same with Black people and Jim Crow laws... GOP is making sure kids don't know the history Demovictory9 May 2022 #41

Truth and it simply sucks to think MuseRider May 2022 #49

the show "Mad Men" got a lot of things right about those times Demovictory9 May 2022 #40

Yup BumRushDaShow May 2022 #43

I remember it well. MuseRider May 2022 #47

The oppression of women and POC is astounding and pervasive. Anita Hill and the result is just one Evolve Dammit May 2022 #48

I worked for a small company (two men - engineers) in 2001 leftieNanner May 2022 #52

Although Berte Morisot Meowmee May 2022 #57

I remember Rebl2 May 2022 #58

I worked with a woman who in the late 60s wanted to get a sterilization procedure- viva la May 2022 #60

You couldn't do a lot without BigmanPigman May 2022 #61

When my dad died in 1965 all the accounts were frozen dflprincess May 2022 #62

My first job out of college was with a major real estate lending bank. Sogo May 2022 #65

True. Texaswitchy May 2022 #67

It lasted until much later Lithos May 2022 #74

My Mom remembers all this stuff. When she applied for a job, they asked how much her husband made. eppur_se_muova May 2022 #76

It was just as bad in Germany DFW May 2022 #77

I remember all of this, all too well. love_katz May 2022 #79

Women have had equal taxation without equal representation... love_katz May 2022 #80

not to mention... Bucky May 2022 #95

I remember my mother couldn't have her own checking account. betsuni May 2022 #83

I was 18 in 74. The Jungle 1 May 2022 #85

A woman could be a state governor and her doctor would still talk with her husband IronLionZion May 2022 #86

Married women were also REQUIRED to use their husbands names. lark May 2022 #87

I was coming of age in 1974 (graduated in 1973) and didn't realize this until Lettuce Be May 2022 #94

My single mom told me all about this RANDYWILDMAN May 2022 #99