Did You Know..? | Uplifting Spirits

Harvard admits women in 1977 (after merging with Radcliffe)
Until N.O.W. challenged the rules, “air stewardesses” get mandatory retirement at age 32
Before the ECOA passes in 1974, banks can refuse a credit card to a woman for being a woman
Before 1973 women can be excluded from juries as caregivers who are too fragile and sympathetic
It is only after the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that women gain the right to vote
Gloria Steinem goes undercover as a Playboy Bunny to expose and change Hugh Hefner’s working conditions
Betty Friedan (“The Feminine Mystique”) helps make it OK for a woman to be more than ‘her husband’s wife’
Helen Gurley Brown (“Sex and the Single Girl”) helps make it OK to talk openly about sex, and not marrying
Birth control (1960) means a woman can complete her education, enter the work force and plan her own life
In 1963: Women earn 59 cents for every dollar for men; 2018: 76 cents for white women and 67 cents for black women. Equal work deserves equal pay!