Fifties were a better time. We need to return to a better Democratic Party.

[Hekate]

221. Our neighbors across the street were both in the LAPD. She stuck it out till her 7th month...

...by wearing the world's most heavy-duty girdle, according to my mother. I don't know how early she went back to work, but pretty early.

My mother in law came to New York City with her husband and 3 little boys around 1953. After they got fired from a "couples" job (cook and handyman for a little school) for being Jewish instead of French, she took a job as a bookkeeper someplace where she lied about her marital and maternal status. Her co-workers were always trying to fix this charming woman up with dates. Once her husband got steady work, she put her wedding ring back on and brought in a pile of photos of her kids to show to her friends on the same day she resigned.

So yes, you definitely could get fired or laid off for being pregnant, and certainly you could get fired for being Jewish.