Caryl D on Spoutible

For everyone who thinks that Mike Johnson reference to 18th Century values is not relevant…

Women in America did not get the right to build credit/get credit cards in their own name without their husband co-signing until the early 1970s (post Nixon)

Think about that for a while!

02:14 PM - Oct 28, 2023

QueensLan

@QueensLan

In response to Caryl D.

For Women of Color it was even worse.

12:41 AM - Oct 29, 2023

Caryl D

@Ca_Dre

In response to QueensLan.

I know the struggles and hardships from friends…but I live in the privilege of my complexion so I cannot experience its full impact

04:42 PM - Oct 29, 2023

Peggy Stuart #FirstWave

@PeggyStuart

In response to Caryl D.

You could have your own credit cards if you were single, though. We still need the ERA. I’d like it to happen during my lifetime, please.

04:45 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Anton Brakhage

@Anton_Brakhage

In response to Caryl D.

18th Century values:

No gay marriage.
Execution for gay sex.
No no-fault divorce.
Spousal r*pe legal.
No credit cards for women.
No credit cards.
No unions.
No child labour laws.
No votes unless you're a white landowner.
Slavery is legal.

That's what the new Speaker stands for, in his own words.

03:34 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Beverly Brown

@missbev

In response to Caryl D.

Forget getting your tubes tied without your husband’s agreement. No husband? Too bad. No tubal ligation for you.

03:33 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Cynthia

@VoteBlue24

In response to Caryl D.

Sign a lease, buy a house, get a union job, work many jobs at all - just going back to 1972 will be awful. Unless you lived it, you can't imagine.

03:20 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Caryl D

@Ca_Dre

In response to Cynthia.

Exactly
My parents were willing to send me to college.
I wanted to study anthropology. My father said I could be a teacher, nurse or secretary.
They put in a restricted female dormitory: no men above the first floor.
It was just that way…

06:10 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Barbara Nelsen

@Barbara68

In response to Caryl D.

Early 70’s I was married, earning more than my spouse but all cards for me were Mrs ___. We divorced & I had to fight for credit in MY name. I got an unsolicited card from an airline (my business at the time) which led to others. My credit is excellent (823 rating), never late or missed a payment.

03:08 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Caryl D

@Ca_Dre

In response to Barbara Nelsen.

Exactly!
Divorced women had this credit issue all the time.

Military spouses had to sue Department of Defense to have their husband’s pensions include surviving spouses

Military widows were left destitute before this suit was brought by National Military Family Association

militaryfamily.org

Historical Timeline - National Military Family Association

Access the National Military Family Association's key accomplishments over the last 50 plus years as we serve military families.

03:14 PM - Oct 28, 2023

Lisa Moorman

@DrAlderaan

In response to Caryl D.

All I can think about is that whoever owned me would have the right to sell my children to another plantation. Those 18th century morals include chain migration. With actual chains.

03:05 PM - Oct 28, 2023 (Edited)

Caryl D

@Ca_Dre

In response to Lisa Moorman.

It is a fear that resides deep in the soul that cannot be erased.
So many women widowed or abandoned could not own their home, land and whose only option was to many anyone willing to support her…in exchange for household and wifely duties…

06:15 PM - Oct 28, 2023