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So were you able to keep your job when you got married?
I did get married on the sly. And then in 1951 they changed the law, and I got married.
The "law" Kolchin refers to is not so much a law but a company policy -- one that IBM rescinded in 1951 with IBM LETTER #3930, which Sociological Images got a hold of in 2010. "Effective immediately and until further notice," the memo read, "1. A female employee will not be required to resign from the company upon marriage." And, it continued, "2. The Company will consider for employment a married female."
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<blockquote><strong><p>So were you able to keep your job when you got married?</p></strong> <p> I did get married on the sly. And then in 1951 they changed the law, and I got married.</p></blockquote> <p>The "law" Kolchin refers to is not so much a law but a company policy -- one that IBM rescinded in 1951 with IBM LETTER #3930, <a href="http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/06/23/ibm-decides-to-let-women-work-after-marriage-1951/">which Sociological Images got a hold of in 2010</a>. "Effective immediately and until further notice," the memo read, "1. A female employee will not be required to resign from the company upon marriage." And, it continued, "2. The Company will consider for employment a married female." </p> <p> <a href="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/ibm1-784x1024.jpg"><img alt="ibm1-784x1024.jpg" src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/assets_c/2013/02/ibm1-784x1024-thumb-615x803-112686.jpg" class="mt-image-none" style="" height="803" width="615"></a></p> <p></p> |
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