Please clarify women's national insurance as per below?

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

Could you please verify the fact that a woman born in the 50's who then married in
the 70's had the option of paying the reduced married rate of NI or could opt for
continuing to pay the standard rate enabling her to claim her pension in her own right
at the age of 60 instead of waiting for her husband to reach pension age.

Yours faithfully,

Trudy Baddams

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