My LTE that was published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer concerning Issue 1.

[murielm99]

7. This could have been my letter.

I was a school library cataloger, and married. My run-in with a doctor happened a few years earlier than yours. It was 1971. I had been married since 1969. When I went in to renew my prescription, the doctor told me that I had been married long enough to be "adjusted" to my role as a married woman. He did not think it was a good idea to renew my prescription. It was time for me to begin my family. I found a new doctor immediately.

I got credit it my own name through the back door. In 1975, my husband died unexpectedly. I had all the credit cards reissued in my name when they came due. I had trouble with one card only. They wanted to see that I had checking and savings accounts that could cover any balances in case I did not pay. I had a checking account in my own name and a mortgage in my name.