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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Research.

If you are a young woman or man asking this question, do the research. The world was a different place in 1955.

An average woman in 1955 could not drive, did not have a college degree, could not get a job beyond retail/minimum wage, would not be approved for a credit card...was not even allowed to open a bank account or rent an apartment without a male co-signer.

How is she getting a divorce?
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Your later points are fine.  But in 1955, most women drove, many not most went to college and jobs were there well above minimum wage.

And in most places women could open bank accounts.

My mother in 1955 who came from a poor family had a job (Bell South)  that paid more than my father who was a new doctor.  She had a car and a bank account.  No college though.  [/quote]

What bubble of privilege did you grow up in? The only reason your mother had a bank account was because a male relative approved it. The vas That requirement is well documented. 'Many' women did NOT attend college in 1955. Only 21% of college students were women.  Fewer than 6% had college degrees and fewer than 40% graduated from high school.

In 1955, men earned an average of $3.4K/year - an increase over the previous year. Women earned an average of $1.1K - same as the previous 3 years. Doctors earned $8K - $28K. I have to wonder what your parents were doing if your mother made so much more than your father.

Oh, these stats primarily apply to white people. POC stats were much, much lower.

https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/dt15_104.10.asp

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-history-and-legacy-of-title-ix#:~:text=Women%20were%20underrepresented%20both%20as,students%20in%20the%20mid%2D1950s.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1956/demographics/p60-23.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjjiu7Bu5OFAxXrD1kFHdjyDNgQFnoECBUQBg&usg=AOvVaw235WcZMVbu4XBJnTwQRSdj
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