• Thunderbird4@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You’re right except for the year. That wasn’t until 1974 that women could open back accounts in their own name.

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      That’s when legislation was passed ensuring banks couldn’t block a woman getting an account on her own. Before that it was dependant on the bank.