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A notable feature of the freedom struggle in Midnapore was the participation of women. [8] In 1930, she took part in the Civil Disobedience movement and was arrested for breaking the Salt Act. She was promptly released, but then participated in the 'Chowkidari Tax Bandha' (abolition of chowkidari tax) movement and while marching towards the ...
In mid-1930s, she traveled in England, Scandinavia, Austria, Germany, and the Soviet Union, [3] then on the Spain to work with child refugees of the Spanish Civil War. As head of the women's committee of the National Negro Congress during World War II, she taught about the Soviet Union at the Carver School. In 1944, she was heralded as "one of ...
Several abortion clinics (most known was the Alexandria Health Clinic) sued to prevent Jayne Bray and other anti-abortion protesters from voicing their freedom of speech in front of the clinics in Washington D.C. [299] Alexandria Women's Health Clinic reported that the protesters violated 42 U.S.C. 1985(3), which prohibits protests to deprive ...
Oct. 5, 1789, a young woman struck a marching drum and led The Women's March on Versailles, in a revolt against King Louis XVI of France, storming the palace and signaling the French Revolution. [30] In 1947, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti led the Abeokuta Women's Union in a revolt that resulted in the abdication of the Egba High King Oba Ademola ...
The civil disobedience in 1930 marked the first time women became mass participants in the struggle for freedom. Thousands of women, from large cities to small villages, became active participants in satyagraha. [70] Gandhi had asked that only men take part in the salt march, but eventually women began manufacturing and selling salt throughout ...
On Tuesday, America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote nationwide (although there were still roadblocks to the ballot box for Black ...
The campaign for women's suffrage started in 1923, when the women's umbrella organization Tokyo Rengo Fujinkai was founded and created several sub groups to address different women's issues, one of whom, Fusen Kakutoku Domei (FKD), was to work for the introduction of women's suffrage and political rights. [204]
South Africa: The Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930, was an act of the Parliament of South Africa which granted white women aged 21 and older the right to run for office. 1931. United States, Michigan: A 1931 law criminalized abortion in Michigan except when the mother's life was in danger. [119]