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- Anglo Saxon laws gave women independent status in marriage.
- Women had more rights but it's still limited
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Men had power and were the ones allowed to hold land and inherit. Women were important only for the provision of legitimate heirs.
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- Women and men work side by side
- Men and women have equal jobs and equal labor
- Lasted between 1300-1700 AD
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Martin Luther in Germany believed girls should be allowed to go to school.
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Little prestige was given to child-rearing. Rich women often used nurses to breast-feed their children.
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- Working class women march to the government offices to demand cheaper bread.
- Occurs during the era when men and women begin to be seen as people of different equalities.
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- A book written and published by Mary Wollstonecraft
- Argues that the difference between men and women should be broken
- States that women's dependancy on the husband's income is unfair
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Jeremy Bentham advocates womens suffrage in the parliamentary reform.
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Local Government act - women who owned land could vote in villages and locally.
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Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women's Social and Political Union.
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Women start to play a greater role in Norwegian Politics. Achieve the right to vote.
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Nancy Astor becomes the first women to take a seat in the House of Commons.
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460,000 women in the military and 6.5 million in civilian war work.
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Abosrtion Act introduced - It is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legalising abortions by registered practitioners.
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Equal pay act and Sex discrimination Act come into effect and equal oppurtunities commission established.
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Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Amendment.
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Sexual harassment can now be challenged under the law.
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Women given the right to vote at age 21.
