"Women are expected to work like they have no children and parent like they have no job."

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25. Until the 70's, women could do little financially on their own.

Most banks wouldn't allow women to have bank accounts in their own name without spousal permission or a male consigner until well into the 70's / early 80's. Women could rarely take out credit in their own name until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974. That wasn't all that long ago.