1937
July 26
Wife No Longer the First Fired: Congress Repeals 1933 Law
Congress on this day repealed a 1933 law requiring that if both members of a married couple worked for the federal government and layoffs were necessary, the wife would be the one fired.
The offensive sexist law was Section 213 of the 1933 Economy Act, and had been passed in response to the Depression.
It was ironic that such a sexist law was passed while Frances Perkins was serving as Secretary of Labor and was the first woman ever to serve in the Cabinet
Read about women and diversity in federal employment from the 1930s to the 1950s: Margaret C. Rung, Servants of the State: Managing Diversity and Democracy in the Federal Workforce, 1933–1953 (2002)
Learn more about women’s rights today: https://www.aclu.org/womens-rights
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