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Frimet Goldberger grew up in a Hasidic community in New York where women are forbidden to drive. She got her license at age 23, when she left the community.

I’m a woman in America, and I wasn’t allowed to drive

January 7, 2015Belief

Saudi Arabia may be the only country where women aren’t allowed to drive, but it’s not the only place where woman are forbidden from getting behind the wheel. It even happens in some communities in the US.

Violence and Abuse in Insular Communities

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