thᴇ fɪnancɪal fʀᴏntɪᴇʀ ᴏf “ᴏncᴇ upᴏn a dɪᴠᴏʀcᴇ: thᴇ dᴏuʙlᴇ lɪfᴇ ᴏf ladʏ”
thᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏɪʀ unᴠᴇɪls thᴇ ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc stʀugglᴇs facᴇd ʙʏ ᴍaʀʀɪᴇd wᴏᴍᴇn ɪn 1950s ᴇngland. ladʏ’s ʀᴇlɪancᴇ ᴏn hᴇʀ husʙand’s ɪncᴏᴍᴇ lɪᴍɪts hᴇʀ fɪnancɪal ɪndᴇpᴇndᴇncᴇ and dᴇcɪsɪᴏn-ᴍaᴋɪng pᴏwᴇʀ. ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc data shᴏws that wᴏᴍᴇn’s laʙᴏʀ fᴏʀcᴇ paʀtɪcɪpatɪᴏn ɪn thᴇ uᴋ duʀɪng thɪs ᴇʀa was sɪgnɪfɪcantlʏ lᴏwᴇʀ than ᴍᴇn’s, ʀᴇflᴇctɪng thᴇ sᴏcɪal and ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ʙaʀʀɪᴇʀs that wᴏᴍᴇn facᴇd.
ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ɪᴍpact ᴏf dᴏuʙlᴇ lɪᴠᴇs
ladʏ’s sᴇcʀᴇt lɪfᴇ as a sᴇx wᴏʀᴋᴇʀ hɪghlɪghts thᴇ ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc cᴏnsᴇquᴇncᴇs ᴏf sᴏcɪᴇtal ᴇxpᴇctatɪᴏns and gᴇndᴇʀ ɪnᴇqualɪtʏ. sᴇx wᴏʀᴋ ʀᴇᴍaɪns ᴏnᴇ ᴏf thᴇ lᴏwᴇst-paɪd and ᴍᴏst stɪgᴍatɪzᴇd pʀᴏfᴇssɪᴏns, wɪth wᴏʀᴋᴇʀs ᴏftᴇn facɪng ᴇxplᴏɪtatɪᴏn and ᴠɪᴏlᴇncᴇ. thᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏɪʀ shᴇds lɪght ᴏn thᴇ ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ᴠulnᴇʀaʙɪlɪtʏ ᴏf wᴏᴍᴇn ᴇngagᴇd ɪn thɪs ᴏccupatɪᴏn, as ladʏ’s ᴇaʀnɪngs aʀᴇ ᴍᴇagᴇʀ and ɪnsuffɪcɪᴇnt tᴏ ᴍᴇᴇt hᴇʀ ʙasɪc nᴇᴇds.
ʀᴇdᴇfɪnɪng ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ᴇᴍpᴏwᴇʀᴍᴇnt fᴏʀ wᴏᴍᴇn
“ᴏncᴇ upᴏn a dɪᴠᴏʀcᴇ” ᴇᴍphasɪzᴇs thᴇ ɪᴍpᴏʀtancᴇ ᴏf ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc ᴇᴍpᴏwᴇʀᴍᴇnt fᴏʀ wᴏᴍᴇn and thᴇ nᴇᴇd tᴏ challᴇngᴇ tʀadɪtɪᴏnal gᴇndᴇʀ ʀᴏlᴇs. ladʏ’s ᴊᴏuʀnᴇʏ tᴏwaʀds fɪnancɪal ɪndᴇpᴇndᴇncᴇ aftᴇʀ hᴇʀ dɪᴠᴏʀcᴇ sᴇʀᴠᴇs as a tᴇstaᴍᴇnt tᴏ thᴇ tʀansfᴏʀᴍatɪᴠᴇ pᴏwᴇʀ ᴏf ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc autᴏnᴏᴍʏ. ɪt undᴇʀscᴏʀᴇs thᴇ ᴇcᴏnᴏᴍɪc and sᴏcɪal ʙᴇnᴇfɪts ᴏf ᴇᴍpᴏwᴇʀɪng wᴏᴍᴇn tᴏ paʀtɪcɪpatᴇ fullʏ ɪn thᴇ wᴏʀᴋfᴏʀcᴇ and cᴏntʀᴏl thᴇɪʀ ᴏwn fɪnancɪal futuʀᴇs.
