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(47,537 posts) Mon Sep 3, 2018, 11:58 PM Sep 2018

For the young women who disdain the term "feminist"

recommend to see RBG. No law firm would hire a woman who was at the top of her class. But at some point we see a small list of

In 1970:

A woman could be fired for being pregnant

Bank could require a man to co sign a loan to a woman

A rape by a husband could not be prosecuted.

And we are talking 1970!

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For the young women who disdain the term "feminist" (Original Post) question everything Sep 2018 OP

I remember being shocked by an "All in the family" episode in which Edith lunamagica Sep 2018 #1

Reading Skidmore Sep 2018 #2

Those are all taken for granted by a huge bloc of women today MineralMan Sep 2018 #3

THANK YOU. K&R nt raccoon Sep 2018 #4

Young women today take so much for granted. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #5

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1. I remember being shocked by an "All in the family" episode in which Edith

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Tue Sep 4, 2018, 01:22 PM

Sep 2018

Couldn't get a small loan in a bank or credit at the store to buy a TV without the husband co-signing. I couldn't believe this was happening in the '70s.

What if you were a single woman?