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40 Basic Rights Women Did Not Have Until The 1970s

Trista June 26, 2019 24 min

Women's rights - Women's liberation movement — Women’s Rights March in the 1970s. Barbara Freeman / Getty Images / Thoughtco.

11. Women Couldn’t Open A Bank Account

A woman using an ATM for the first time. Pinterest.

One reason women couldn’t legally own a bank before the 1970s is because they couldn’t legally open a bank account. Just like women couldn’t get a credit card without their husband’s signature, they couldn’t open a bank account without their husband’s permission. One of the reasons ladies couldn’t open their own bank account was because people believed they wouldn’t be able to handle the financial part. Men saw females as delicate creatures who couldn’t understand many of the things they could.