What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think

NEW YORK — Leap year. Adding a leap day every four years would make the calendar longer by more than 44 minutes, according to the National Air & Space Museum. that a woman’s leap year prerogative, like most of her liberties, is merely a glittering mockery.” The pre-Sadie Hawkins tradition, however serious or tongue-in-cheek, could have empowered women but merely perpetuated stereotypes. A 1916 ad by the American Industrial Bank and Trust Co. read thusly: “This being Leap Year day, we suggest to every girl that she propose to her father to open a savings account in her name in our own bank.” There was no breath of independence for women due to leap day. “It will be the first birthday that I’m going to celebrate with my family in eight years, which is super exciting, because the last leap day I was on the other side of the country in New York for college,” she said.