Women's Rights in the 18th and 19th Centuries By katerz Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 1, 1900 Year Jan 1, 1718 Gender Segregation Banned in Russia Jan 1, 1722 Forced Marriages Banned In Russia Jan 1, 1754 Dorothea Erxleben - First Female Doctor Jan 1, 1786 Primary and High School For Females in Russia Jan 1, 1788 Females May Stand For Election in USA Jan 1, 1791 France: Equal Inheritance Rights Jan 1, 1791 Olympe de Gouges - "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen" Jan 1, 1792 France: Divorce Legalized for Females Jan 1, 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" Jan 1, 1811 Married Women Granted the Right to Choose a Profession in Australia Jan 1, 1827 Brazil - First Elementary School for Girls Jan 1, 1833 USA: First Co-ed University : Oberlin College Jan 1, 1839 Great Britain: Divorced Motheres May Take Custody of Their Children Jan 1, 1843 Maragaret Fuller - "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" Published Jan 1, 1848 First Women's Rights Convention Held Jan 1, 1850 First National Women's Rights Convention Held Jan 1, 1869 Knights of Labor Founded Jan 1, 1870 Woman's Journal Published Jan 1, 1880 Denmark: Married Women Granted the Right to Control Their Income Jan 1, 1882 Great Britain: Married Women's Property Act 1882 Jan 1, 1885 France: Divorce Legalized for Both Women and Men Jan 1, 1891 First Female Police Officer - Marie Owens Jan 1, 1896 USA: Profession of Lawyer Open to Women and Men