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The point is that discrimination against women was widespread enough that it required a federal law against it in the 70s to rectify. That doesn’t mean discrimi
by janalsncm 3y ago
The point is that discrimination against women was widespread enough that it required a federal law against it in the 70s to rectify. That doesn’t mean discrimination always happened or it was impossible to get a loan or open a bank account.
Just like the 1964 civil rights act. It’s not that discrimination against race or sex or religion always happened, but it happened enough.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoWasn’t the 70s legislation mainly about married women being able to open their own accounts without the consent of their husbands? I find it hard to believe that there were many banks which refused to open accounts for single women or especially widows?
- egberts1 3y agoWells Fargo, First Interstate Bank, NationsBank, Penn Square Bank, Pacific Capital Bancorp, to name a few. Source: my divorced single-mom grandmother and her incessant complaints about them.