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At work things were similarly bleak. There was no requirement for equal pay until 1963 (still a big problem) and women could be legally fired for being pregnant until 1978 (it still happens illegally).

In addition, investing culture was dominated by white men. There wasn't one woman on the New York Stock Exchange until Muriel “Mickey” Siebert purchased a seat in 1967. Years earlier, women tried to make a stock exchange of their own in order to get a piece of the action.