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Spot the NOT: Outrageous Laws

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While we know women have long been on the receiving end of discriminatory laws and practices, how well do we actually know what those laws were? Test your knowledge of the unfair/unjust laws against women by choosing which laws are made up. You mde be surprised by the ones that were/are actual laws.

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1
Spot the NOT: Before the 70's women could
be fired for getting pregnant (married or not).
NOT wear makeup in the office.
NOT attend most ivy league universities with men.
NOT get a credit card in their own name (married or not).
2
Which law is NO LONGER enforceable but is still on the books today?
In Carmel, California, women cannot wear heels higher than 2 inches.
In Utah, women are not allowed to own pets if they are not married.
In Tucson, AZ, women are not allowed to wear pants.
In Michigan, a woman must obtain her husband's permission to cut her hair.
3
Women are now treated equally to men in laws, society, and the workplace.
True
False
4
Spot the NOT! Which of these is NOT true?
Until 2017, Women could NOT wear sleeveless tops or dresses to Congress.
Women could only bartend in cities with less than 50,000 people.
Women have always been able to wear pants to work.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing the gender wage gap.
5
Spot the NOT. Which of these is NOT true?
Women could lose their citizenship if they married a foreigner.
Women could own land ONLY if their father or husband gave it to them.
Women could be beaten with sticks smaller than their husbands' thumbs.
Women were once the PROPERTY of their husbands.