There’s enough documented cases where we KNOW this is the case to think this is likely true for a very large proportion of them. Dick Francis is a major case in point; his wife wrote most of “his” books.
There’s enough documented cases where we KNOW this is the case to think this is likely true for a very large proportion of them. Dick Francis is a major case in point; his wife wrote most of “his” books.
That’s not entirely true.
Banks were basically allowed to deny people for more reasons and many would use the reason that they wanted a husband’s signature as they were viewed as the sole income maker of a household. Divorced and single women didn’t always face this discrimination but at some banks they definitely would. Really just depends on the bank.
In 74 they made this type of discrimination illegal. That’s part why RBG was seen as such a champion.
It was especially growing in numbers post WWII where a lot of men were dead and women had jobs they had to work during the war as male labor was down. Banks were becoming more and more open to it.
Source; my great grandmother who was divorced in the 40s and would talk about these types of experiences. She ended up having to reach out to someone she went to school with who worked at a bank to get an account or something.
Thank you for this context! It makes so much sense in the context of post-war society. I appreciate you sharing.