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  2. List of child brides - Wikipedia

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    After a lengthy court battle, the marriage was dissolved by an order from Queen Victoria and the publicity helped influence the passage of the Age of Consent Act, 1891, which increased age of consent for girls in India, married or unmarried, from 10 to 12. [2] Mrinalini Devi (aged between 9 and 11) was married to Rabindranath Tagore (aged 22 ...

  3. List of American women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    December 30 - Becky Hammon became the first female acting head coach in NBA history. [333] 2021 January 20 - Kamala Harris inaugurated as the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States, making her the most powerful woman in America's political history, first in the line of succession to the US Presidency.

  4. List of women's firsts - Wikipedia

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    Joan was the first person in history to fly solo around the world at the equator, the first person to complete the longest single solo flight around the world, the first woman to fly a twin-engine aircraft around the world, the first woman to fly the Pacific Ocean from west to east in a twin-engine plane, the first woman to receive an airline ...

  5. ‘12 Badass Women’ by Huffington Post

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    Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work. With their fierce determination and refusal to back down, all of these 12 women were not just ahead of their own times, but responsible for shaping ours.

  6. List of feminists - Wikipedia

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    Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, an institution that assists trafficked women, girls and transgender people in finding shelter, giving education and employment: 1940–1999: Julia Kristeva: France, Bulgaria: 1941 – [35] 1940–1999: Winona LaDuke: United States: 1959 – Ecofeminist [17] 1940–1999 ...

  7. 19 Black figures who changed history - AOL

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    Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...

  8. Category:Women in history - Wikipedia

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    Women's History Month This page was last edited on 27 March 2024, at 21:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...

  9. List of women who led a revolt or rebellion - Wikipedia

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    In 671–670 BC, the oracle of Nusku, a former slave-girl, initiated a rebellion against the Assyrian king Esarhaddon in favor of the official Sasi and played a central role in the ensuing conspiracy. [1] In 280 BC, Chelidonis, a Spartan princess, orchestrated provisioning the warriors on the wall during the Siege of Sparta.