According to a 2023 UNreport, it will take 286 years for women to achieve full legal equality.
Throughout American history, many antiquated laws towards women have lasted far longer than one would imagine.
Throughout history, many laws have revolved around women’s feet and footwear choices.
However, one of the strangest laws had to be the stance on high heels in colonial Massachusetts.
The Puritans believed the shoes to be seductive and possibly an instrument of witchcraft.
Any woman found wearing heels to “ensnare” a man would be tried as a witch.
According to the city’scode, women are prohibited from showing cleavage with a less than fully opaque covering.
Patent leather shoes are alsobannedfor women in Cleveland.
4.In many states, women weren’t allowed to work the night-shift…
However, the ban was upheld in a 6-3 vote.
The ban stayed in place until 1976.
7.Dining in restaurants wasn’t allowed in many locations.
8.Unchaperoned shopping was a big no-no…
Indeed, women were discouraged from pursuing the public practices that sustained a culture of consumption."
However, once department stores werepopularizedin the late 19th century, they quickly became women-friendly shopping spaces.
They allowed women to become consumers and offered jobs that gave single women financial independence.
9.Keeping one’s birth name was pretty much out of the question…
