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Women and the French Revolution
On October 5th and 6th Parisian women from the lower classes led women from all social classes in a march to sieze the king. The king was returned to Paris, with this "women as revolutionaries became a potent symbol of the power of the Revolution". http://faculty.fullerton.edu/nfitch/history110b/rev.html -
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Gendered Movements Since the 1700's
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Created by the merge of the Ntional Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. These two joined forces and became the most known pro-suffrage group. http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibits/suffrage/nawsa.html -
New Zealand Allows Women to Vote
New Zealand grants women the right to vote. Making them the first country in the world to do so. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-zealand-first-in-womens-vote -
First Birth Control Clinic in America
Margaret Sanger challenged the Comstock Law by opening the first birth control clinic in America. http://www-scf.usc.edu/~nicoleg/history.htm -
United States grants women the right to vote
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Women Equality in Norway
Women were now considered equal to men with regard to divorce, custody of any children and the right to property. http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-Opportunities/gender/ -
Women in Great Britain have the right to vote
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Federation of Cuban Women
Established by President Fidel Castro to advance gender equalization and improve women's health. This organization helps to educate women and help them get into the workforce. http://www.stanford.edu/group/womenscourage/communitybasedsolutions/the_federation_of_cuban_women.html -
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Created by the UN General Assembly in 1979 but put into force in 1981, CEDAW not only defines discrimination against women it also includes a national agenda to end this discrimination. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/ -
Solveig Krey
Solveig Krey became the first female commanding officer of a submarine. http://www.enotes.com/topic/Solveig_Krey
