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K&R! redqueen May 2013 #1
#1 is false. I had two teachers who had babies and they were back a few months after nt msongs May 2013 #2
My mom was fired when she got pregnant in 1966 gollygee May 2013 #3
That was a rather long pregnancy... Bay Boy May 2013 #27
ROFL gollygee May 2013 #46
She had no right NOT to be fired is the point ismnotwasm May 2013 #4
Amazing how much people strain to miss the point, huh? SunSeeker May 2013 #19
and that happens so frequently on DU, like they have nothing better to do ZRT2209 May 2013 #44
I don't think the poster is straining to miss the point... LanternWaste May 2013 #45
I was fired from my 2nd. shift job in 1969 when I was 3 months along. sinkingfeeling May 2013 #5
In the early 70s, in my school district, you were required to quit before five months. BlueMTexpat May 2013 #11
My mom had to quit when she was pregnant with me. we can do it May 2013 #60
some places in the South - KT2000 May 2013 #6
Of course, that was also true of some places in the West as well ... BlueMTexpat May 2013 #13
I think what they did was head west... Bay Boy May 2013 #28
i could not wear pants to school noiretextatique May 2013 #7
I remember that lolly May 2013 #8
I wore Hot Pants and Mini skirts to work in 1968 HockeyMom May 2013 #10
We could wear pants under our skirts or dress EC May 2013 #25
That must have been an attractive look Bay Boy May 2013 #30
Oh, yes--I'd forgotten about that! lolly May 2013 #50
1970, I think. I graduated HS in 1969 and never could wear pants to school. nt Nay May 2013 #16
yep, me too LittleGirl May 2013 #17
Depends where you lived I suppose. HockeyMom May 2013 #9
The boxer one didn't impress me either ismnotwasm May 2013 #12
Then go with Abortion HockeyMom May 2013 #26
Yes, you pretty much couldn't get a legal abortion in NY pre-1970. The law barely passed. SunSeeker May 2013 #43
BEFORE the 1970s. Those 60s created some changes! nolabear May 2013 #20
Heh ismnotwasm May 2013 #21
A lot of changes LynnTTT May 2013 #29
the OP says BEFORE the 70's! bettyellen May 2013 #52
Notice, the OP is about things a woman could not do before the 1970's. SheilaT May 2013 #57
It was really rough to have to wear skirts... ReRe May 2013 #14
I believe the proper term is ... Bay Boy May 2013 #34
My one-room schoolteacher grandmother was 28 yrs old when she got married beveeheart May 2013 #40
11. Buy a house. femmocrat May 2013 #15
Yup. ismnotwasm May 2013 #18
Young pregnant women were not allowed in school. lark May 2013 #22
Catholic school in the 60s HockeyMom May 2013 #32
Charge card? EC May 2013 #23
That 'read MS' magazine was silly ismnotwasm May 2013 #24
In 1956, you could not continue teaching when you were.... northoftheborder May 2013 #31
I wasn't married HockeyMom May 2013 #35
Don't know about that one. Sherman A1 May 2013 #38
i got an IUD without my husband's permission DesertFlower May 2013 #48
Needed husbands signature on consent form if you needed a hysterectomy too Mojorabbit May 2013 #54
When I moved to Puerto Rico in in 1987 fasttense May 2013 #58
Not get a tubal ligation without her husband's permission, MsPithy May 2013 #33
Ah, I had to give MY permission for husband's Vasectomy in 84 HockeyMom May 2013 #36
Not entirely true. As working girl in the sixties, many of my co-workers Cleita May 2013 #37
Again the point of the article is to point out that legislation was not in place until the 70's ismnotwasm May 2013 #56
My Aunt's husband MoreGOPoop May 2013 #39
Well, it seems more than five people agree with you BainsBane May 2013 #41
Heh! ismnotwasm May 2013 #55
A married female Federal employee couldn't leave her husband a survivor annuity RVN VET May 2013 #42
i got my first credit card in my name in '67. DesertFlower May 2013 #47
Thank you! Just Saying May 2013 #49
I could not wear slacks to school, even when it was cold. Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #51
I was offered 2 credit cards in 1967. hollysmom May 2013 #53
Cross- post from GD ismnotwasm May 2013 #59
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