Dear editor,
Re. the March 27 editorial The good old days weren鈥檛 that good for women:
I am old enough to remember the 鈥済ood old days鈥� that weren鈥檛 that good for women.
I wish to add the fact that it was illegal to pass along birth control information up until the 1960s.
Also that women gave up their names when they got married. When Jane so-and-so married John Doe her legal name was changed to 鈥淢rs. John Doe鈥� not 鈥淛ane Doe鈥�. When I was in school up to 1964 my mother signed my report cards by her Mrs. husband鈥檚 name. Indigenous people didn鈥檛 have rights either up until the mid-1960s.
In short, the 鈥済ood old days鈥� were confined to white males.
Carl Olsen,
Courtenay
