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Linda Malnati (1855–1921) – women's rights activist, trade unionist, suffragist, pacifist and writer; Anna Maria Mozzoni (1837–1920) – pioneering women's rights activist and suffragist; Eugenia Rasponi Murat (1873–1958) – women's rights activist and open lesbian who fought for civil protections.
Yella Hertzka (1873–1948) – Austrian peace and women's rights activist; Leopoldine Kulka (1872–1920) – Austrian writer, editor and pacifist; Helene Lecher (1865–1929) – Austrian pacifist and philanthropist; Olga Misař (1876–1950) – Austrian peace activist, feminist and writer
Women's rights activist for black, migrant and refugee women, high Suriname civil servant, sociologist and author: 1940–1999: Roya Toloui: Iran: 1966 – Women's rights activist: 1940–1999: Corin Tucker: United States: 1972 – Third-wave feminist [35] 1940–1999: Robin Tunney: United States: 1972 – Third-wave feminist: 1940–1999 ...
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, ensuring the right of women to vote. 1923 – The first version of an Equal Rights Amendment is introduced.
California: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Wisconsin: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Oregon: Unmarried women are given the right to own land. [14] Tennessee: Tennessee becomes the first state in the United States to explicitly outlaw wife beating. [15] [16] 1852
Labor feminism was a women's movement in the United States that emerged in the 1920s, focused on gaining rights in the workplace and unions. Labor feminists advocated for protectionist legislation and special benefits for women, a variant of social feminism .
Karla Máchová (1853–1920) – women's rights activist who, in 1908, was among the first three women to run for the Bohemian Diet Františka Plamínková (1875–1942) – founded the Committee for Women's Suffrage ( Czech : Výbor pro volební právo ženy ) in 1905 and served as a vice president of the International Council of Women, as ...
In 1869, the women's rights movement split into two factions as a result of disagreements over the Fourteenth and soon-to-be-passed Fifteenth Amendments, with the two factions not reuniting until 1890. [140] Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the more radical, New York-based National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). [140]