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1. Sign up for a credit card.

Until the Equal Opportunity Act was passed in 1974, a woman couldn’t get a credit card in her own name. Married women had to have their husband’s signature for permission, which essentially left single women out of luck.

2. Serve on a jury.

Jury duty is now a standard civic duty for men and women. But it used to be considered inappropriate to ask women to leave the home or view courtroom images. It took a 1973 federal law to allow women to serve.

3. Keep their job while pregnant.

Before 1978, women could be fired if they got pregnant. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 ensured that employers could not discriminate “on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions.”

4. Serve in the military.

Women couldn’t attend military academies until 1976. However, it took almost another 40 years, until 2013, before women could legally fight in combat.

Fall activities on a budget!

Explore the great outdoors.

With the weather turning cool and crisp, what better way to enjoy the perfect temps than hiking? Even if you live in a city, it’s super easy to find hiking trails as close as five miles away! And the best part? It’s free! Along with hiking, birdwatching is a great fall activity. Take a break from city pigeons and grab a pair of binoculars to watch birds do their thing!

Relive your childhood.

Take a trip down memory lane! It’s time to pick out pumpkins and get lost in a corn maze at the pumpkin patch. You can expect to pay a small fee to enter, which will vary depending on location.

Now that you picked the perfect pumpkin, it’s time to decorate! There are so many ways to get festive for fall without forking over the cash, like using glitter and paint. However, old-fashioned carving is the most affordable, as long as you have a spoon and sharp knife.

While Trader Joe’s might be trendy, the real deals can be found at warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam’s.

Warehouse clubs have long been stereotyped as shopping grounds for middle-class suburbanites and parents of many children, but they often offer deep discounts that can be beneficial for the budgets of the millennial, penny-pinching crowd.

However, warehouse clubs can be intimidating. The vast, never-ending aisles offering everything from clothes to steak to paper towels overwhelm indecisive shoppers everywhere.

Here are my top tips for warehouse club newbies on how to get the most for your money!

Split a warehouse club membership.

The membership fees at some warehouse clubs can be pretty steep, especially for penny-pinchers. Going in with a friend for a membership is smart, and will save you both money. After signing up, put your friend’s name down for the other card and just split the cost.

If you’ve ever been sober at a bar at 1 a.m., you know that being the night’s designated driver isn’t as boring as it sounds. Promise.

Just in time for Thirsty Thursday, though, Lyft and Budweiser are cutting all those DDs a break by offering free, round-trip Lyft rides home beginning Sept. 21 through the end of the year. This is the second year Lyft is teaming up with Budweiser for its “Give a Damn. Don’t Drive Drunk” campaign, making sure you get home safe and sound from all those upcoming tailgate parties, Friendsgivings and holiday bashes. Drink, be merry… and don’t drive drunk.