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More lobotomies were performed on women than on men: a 1951 study found that nearly 60% of American lobotomy patients were women, and limited data shows that 74% of lobotomies in Ontario from 1948 to 1952 were performed on female patients. [6] [7] [8] From the 1950s onward, lobotomy began to be abandoned, [9] first in the Soviet Union [10] and ...
Timeline of women in warfare in the United States before 1900 (1800s–1898) Women in warfare and the military in the 19th century; Timeline of notable women in World War I; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1900 to 1949; Women in warfare and the military (1900–1945) Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from ...
Timeline of women in warfare in Colonial America; Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 to 1999; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States before 1900; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1900 to 1949
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
Psychosurgery has always been a controversial treatment, and ethical concerns about its use were raised early in its history. Psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott wrote to The Lancet in 1943 about the "special objection that is easily felt to the treatment of mental disorder by any method that leaves a permanent physical deficiency or deformity of ...
Two girls at the Texas Centennial Exhibition at Fair Park in Dallas in 1936. Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Mexico in 2036, but there is plenty to commemorate in 2024.
1845: Lowell Female Labor Reform Association opened in 1845 as the first major labor union. [7] 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, New York. [4] 1855: New York Women's Hospital opened in 1855 as the first hospital solely devoted to ailments affiliated with women. [8]
A California woman has become the first female in Texas history to be declared a Sexually Violent Predator.. The case against 37-year-old Desiree Hamm goes back to 2009 when prosecutors say she ...