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Jeanne Shaheen: “I remember when I first was applying for credit my husband had to sign the bank forms in order to do that, because we…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2017
I remember when I first was applying for credit my husband had to sign the bank forms in order to do that, because we had not yet changed the laws.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen reflects on past gender biases in credit applications.

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