[fanf2]

Steve Shirley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley was able to found a computing consultancy business in the 1960s staffed entirely by women that had been fired when they got married, as was the usual practise at the time.

[eropple]

This is an amazing story I've never run across. Thank you for pointing it out. I think you got trolled, but I'm glad I got to learn about this as a result.

[rodgerd]

It was the norm for banks in New Zealand, through to the sixties and early seventies, to require women to have a letter of permission from their father or husband in order to get a job.

Source: have seen the ads specifying such.

[befeltingu]

Ok, fair enough I never knew this was a common practice. I was thinking more about today when I made my comment

[erichocean]

> Ok, fair enough I never knew this was a common practice.

What makes you think it was common practice? Exceptions are a thing…

[fanf2]

For an example of it being not just common but in some cases required to dismiss women when they married, see "The Marriage Bar" at https://civilservant.org.uk/women-history.html

[erichocean]

I'm talking about forming all-married women businesses. I'd be shocked if that was common, but if you have data showing otherwise, I'm happy to be corrected...