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Old 01-20-2009, 12:30 AM
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At IBM in the 1950s, (in Canada), if a woman got married, she had to resign.

And in the 1960s, married women were finally accepted for employment. And it was OK for IBM interviewers to ask the question "when do you intend to start a family?"

Glad those days are long gone.
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