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China still used the traditional methods of footbinding to restrict the women. This causes the women to be obiadient and makes their freedom very limited
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Anne Catherine Hoof Green takes over her dead husband's printing business. She became the first American woman to run a print shop. The next year she becomes the official printer of Maryland.
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Hanna Adams is the first American woman to support herself by writing. Her most succesful book was "View of Religious Opinions." She was one of the first women who made a name for herself. This shows again that women are intelligent and are the same as men
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The Vindication of the Rights of Women was published. It was written by Mary Wollstonecraft, an english womens rights activist. This was a book that was easily obtained which spread thoughs on womens rights all around the world.
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Sarah Pierce establishes first institution in America for higher education of women, in Litchfield, CT. This leads to more rights for women
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The first elementary schools for girls and the profession of school teacher are open for women. This gave women a role and path in society.
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Beginning of Victorian age. Led to the belief of men as strong and courageos while women were beautiful and kind.
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Britain had a law passed that said kids 7 and under would go to the mom in a divorce. This gave women more freedom to get away from a bad relationship this would protect the mom and her childrin.
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Catherine Beecher wrote about how the women is the structure of the house and the educator. This belief lasted for many years to come.
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The first women's rights conference was held in Senaca Falls, New York. After two days of discussions ,they created the Declaration of sentiments
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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor in America. This shows more power going to the woman and the ability to do mens jobs
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Harriet Beecher Stowe writes Uncle Tom's Cabin. a very important antislavery novels in America. It sells more 300,000 copies in the first year. This again spreads the importance of women and how they can contribute to society.
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University of Iowa allowed women in further spreading higher education amoung women. This lets men see that they are equal and men and women are only different in anatomy.
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Utah was the first state to give women the right to vote. This then started a nation wide movement that leads to almost all countries allowing women the same rights as men
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Women were now being educated and seen as equals. This was very important as it means Japan was moving away from confucianism
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The women knights of labor was founded. This was a group of women that fought for womens right and the discrimination against their sex.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was created and the fight to get women to vote becomes a greater reality and a good possibility.
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The inaugural meeting of the Women's Franchise League (WFL) was held on 25 July 1889. This meeting was held at Emmeline Pankhurst house.
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Myra Bradwell was a publisher and a political activist. She was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1890 to be become one of the first female lawyers in the United States.
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New zeland is the first country to allow all women to vote. This starts other countries to consider to allow voting.
