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The Marriage Bar

27 December, 202011 February, 2025 Lizzie BLeave a comment

A century ago, the start of married life meant the end of paid employment. Is Covid going to send women back to the 1920s?

Posted in Women in SocietyTagged discrimination, legal rights, marriage bar, married women

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