Before 1974, women couldn’t secure a mortgage without a male co-signer. Single women accounted for ... Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. “I started looking as soon ...

being single and pregnant was totally unacceptable, especially for white women. Girls who "got in trouble" were forced to drop out of school, and often sent away to distant relatives or homes for ...

they were women over 30 having lots of sex, and they were single. A "mid-30ish crowd of bed-hopping, hedonistic female night crawlers," a Los Angeles Times critic pointedly wrote. Their singlehood ...