This changed in 1942 during World War II, when the Army was in such dire need of recruits that they allowed women to join and fill non-combat positions on an auxiliary basis. In modern times, there are many restrictions on where people can smoke, but back in the day, smoking was allowed pretty much anywhere and everywhere for some people.
Here are some crazy things women couldn't do just 50 years ago.

This paved the way for both businesses and society to accept the fact that a woman smoking in public was no more shocking or immoral than a man smoking in public.

Although women have always been associated with the military in professions like nursing, they weren't allowed to be active members, and many of their positions were unpaid.

While married women's property acts were finally passed in all states by 1900, society wasn't fully on board until much later. So if you're a woman who made the personal choice to end her marriage, be grateful you live in modern times.

These are 50 of the dumbest laws in every state. In the 1910s through the late 1920s, designers like Coco Channel started incorporating pants into their collections, and movie stars like Marlene Dietrich wore them with style and flair. Although it was generally acceptable for women to smoke at home, society frowned upon them smoking in the same public spaces that men did. It’s their choice.

As women became more liberated, they began to challenge this, especially in cases where they wished to keep their maiden name. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, wasn't ratified until 1920. In modern times, there are many restrictions on where people can smoke, but back in the day, smoking was allowed pretty much anywhere and everywhere for some people. Can you imagine needing to be chaperoned in public at all times—as an adult woman?

MAMÁSLATINAS - Some states were super slow to allow divorce, like South Carolina, where … And so this is not like ancient history," she said in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, wasn’t ratified until 1920. That's the way it was in the 19th century. It's their choice. But this wasn't always the case. She has a cat named Agnes.
More so, it was indicative of societal notions that a woman’s identity was wrapped up in her husband’s.

Women’s soccer (football) teams sprung up and became a public sensation, drawing crowds of up to 53,000 people.

Anything you owned, regardless of how you came to own it, legally belonged to your husband.

Women weren't allowed to do so until 1900, and at those Games, held in Paris, they accounted for less than 3 percent of the athletes. This was a watershed moment, prompting other women to petition for the same in the ensuing years. Her case went to the Supreme Court and in 1965, birth control became legal for married women. Griswold v. Connecticut set the momentum for other cases, including Roe v. Wade, which protects the private medical decisions of women, including the right to abortion.