1975: Women in the UK win the right to open a bank account in their own name (15 years after the USA and a staggering 94 years after France) Source: Dozens.com
When the first British credit card launched 50 years ago it was mostly used by men.
In the 1960s and 1970s, women were viewed as riskier investments by banks and stores.
Women had to get their father or husband to sign for most loans even if they earned more than them. Source: BBC 2016
As an immigrant from Eastern Europe, I used to perceive the UK as a very modern and developed country. I would never have imagined that it was only around the time I was born that women got the full rights to open a bank account by themselves, without a guarantee from a man (father, brother, husband).
How could this 💥influence the mindset of the women who came before you and your own mindset on an unconscious level?
Working from a systemic perspective on your relationship with money it is worth looking beyond the beliefs of your family system. It is important to widen your view to take in the culture of wealth your family existed within. This means culturally, legally etc.
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Thank you Nicola Seuren and Lynn Huggins Cooper for the inspirational discussions on this topic.
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