Crowd of women

Women in 19th and 20th Century

  • Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Loredan Piscopia graduates in Philosopy in Padua University

    Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Loredan Piscopia graduates in Philosopy in Padua University
    It seems that the first woman to graduate was a Venetian.
    Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Loredan Piscopia was born in 1646 from a Venetian Family of ancient nobility, which already gave Doges and Cardinals to the RepublicIn 1678, after the examination in Padua, at the presence of hundreds of spectators, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Loredan Piscopia was graduated in Philosopy, first woman in the world to graduate.
  • Marie Olympe de Gouges executed by guillotine

    Marie Olympe de Gouges  executed by guillotine
  • Charlotte Brontë was born

    Charlotte Brontë was born
  • Victoria Alexandrina Victoria Victoria is born

    Victoria Alexandrina Victoria Victoria is born
    Victoria Alexandrina Victoria Victoria, the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the fourth son of King George III was born.
  • George Eliot was born (Mary Anne Evans

    George Eliot was born (Mary Anne Evans
  • Victoria Alexandrina becomes Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

    Victoria Alexandrina becomes Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.
  • Jane Eyre is published

    Jane Eyre is published
  • Charlotte Brontë dies

    Charlotte Brontë dies
  • Middlemarch, first Book, was published

    Middlemarch, first Book, was published
  • George Eliot dies

    George Eliot dies
  • Virginia Woolf was born in Kensington

    Virginia Woolf was born in Kensington
  • Women vote in New Zealand

    Women vote in New Zealand
  • Queen Victoria's death

    Queen Victoria's death
  • First World War

    First World War
    World War IWorld War I is also known as the First World War or the Great War was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
  • End of First World War

    End of First World War
    WWI EndsThe armistice between the Allies and Germany – known as the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed – was the agreement that ended the fighting in western Europe that comprised the First World War
  • Women can vote in Britain

    Women can vote in Britain
  • Sylvia Plath was born in Boston

    Sylvia Plath was born in Boston
  • Three Guineas is published

    Three Guineas is published
  • World War II

    World War II
    Neville Chamberlain - Britain's declaration of war 1939WWII Key EventsHitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later
  • Virginia Woolf committs suicide

    Virginia Woolf committs suicide
  • The Bell Jar is Published

    The Bell Jar is Published
  • Sylvia Plath committs suicide

    Sylvia Plath committs suicide