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... You don't buy a credit card.
A better historical note would be to say .... to have a bank account
I think up until the 50s women couldn't have a bank account in their name, without their husband signing for them or something. Up until then, women couldn't have any money in their name in a recognized bank.
For common women that is ... if you were the ultra wealthy, you could afford to skirt around banking rules ... but as a common woman with a bit of money, you couldn't have a regular bank account of your own.
You’re right except for the year. That wasn’t until 1974 that women could open back accounts in their own name.
That's when legislation was passed ensuring banks couldn't block a woman getting an account on her own. Before that it was dependant on the bank.
Some do have an annual fee...
Between annual fees or interest, most people do directly pay for using a credit cards.
And even if there’s no AF, and you don’t carry a balance so there’s no interest, we all indirectly pay by way of processing fees.
Paying isn't buying though.
Buying is paying for ownership of a thing.
You don't "own" a credit card. Credit cards own you. (Unless you're careful)
You’re being unnecessarily pedantic.
Hey great idea! /s
Not legally anyway