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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.
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]
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 ]
Women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II. Japanese women first gained the right to vote in 1880, but this was a temporary event limited to certain municipalities, [6] [7] and it was not until 1945 that women gained the right to vote on a permanent, nationwide basis. [8]
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 ...
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
International: The first United Nations Human Rights Council resolution against child, early, and forced marriages was adopted; the resolution recognizes child, early, and forced marriage as involving violations of human rights which "prevents individuals from living their lives free from all forms of violence and that has adverse consequences ...
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of electing its board of commissioners, alleging the ...