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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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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
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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
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Margaret Sanger challenged the Comstock Law by opening the first birth control clinic in America. http://www-scf.usc.edu/~nicoleg/history.htm
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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/
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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
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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/
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Solveig Krey became the first female commanding officer of a submarine. http://www.enotes.com/topic/Solveig_Krey
