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Kusunose Kita (楠瀬喜多) was born in Hirooka (part of present-day Kōchi city) as the daughter of Kesamaru Gihei, a rice merchant, in 1836.At the age of 21, she married Kusunose Minoru (楠瀬実), a samurai living in the castle town of Kōchi (the present Tōjin-chō area) and a kendō instructor, but was widowed in 1874.
The New Women's Association (NWA, also known as New Women's Society [1] 新婦人協会, Shin-fujin kyōkai) was a Japanese women's rights organization founded in 1919. [2] The organization strove to enhance women's rights in the areas of education, employment, and suffrage. [ 3 ]
On June 30, W. J. Bush introduced a women's suffrage bill to the Georgia Senate. [48] The first women's suffrage speech given in the House happened on July 6 when Whiteside spoke in front of the assembly. [47] On July 7, 1914 more women testified about women's suffrage in front of the Georgia House Constitutional Amendment Committee. [49]
Beate Sirota Gordon (/ b eɪ ˈ ɑː t eɪ /; October 25, 1923 – December 30, 2012) was an Austrian and American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate.Born in Vienna, Austria, she moved to the Empire of Japan in 1929 with her father, the pianist Leo Sirota.
Women's suffrage in Georgia started in earnest with the formation of the Georgia Woman Suffrage Association (GWSA) in 1892. GWSA helped bring the first large women's rights convention to the South in 1895 when the National American Woman's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) held their convention in Atlanta. GWSA was the main source of activism behind ...
In parliament, where conservative Liberal Democrats have been in power almost uninterruptedly since the end of World War II, female representation in the lower house is 10.3%, putting Japan 163rd ...
Georgia is just one state that has made it easier to challenge books. The American Library Association reported more than 1,200 challenges to books nationwide in 2022, by far the most since the ...
Oregon: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1859. Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] 1860. New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passes. [18] Married women are granted the right to control their own ...