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What could women NOT do in the 1960s?
1) Wear Mini Skirts
2) Own Credit Cards
3) Take Birth Control
4) Attend Ivy league Colleges
In the 1960s, a bank could refuse to issue a credit card to an unmarried woman; even if she was married, her husband was required to cosign. As recently as the 1970s, credit cards in many cases were issued with only a husband's signature. It was not until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 that it became illegal to refuse a credit card to a woman based on her gender.