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Here are 10 surprising facts about Women’s History Month. International Women’s Day was first recognized in Europe. Many reports trace the origins of a holiday honoring women to New York City ...
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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.
The planar structure of benzene, an important cyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, was determined by Kathleen Lonsdale using X-ray crystallography. The nature of the chemical bonds had been a mystery for many years. Alongside Marjory Stephenson, Kathleen Lonsdale was one of the first two women to be elected a Fellow of The Royal Society.
This is a list of women's firsts noting the first time that a woman or women achieved a given historical feat. A shorthand phrase for this development is "breaking the gender barrier" or "breaking the glass ceiling ."
5. Every Women's History Month has a theme. The Women's History Month theme for 2024 celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.” This year the National Women's ...
Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino was President of the Philippines from 1986-1992 under some extraordinary circumstances.She was a Senator's wife and became a political leader in the People Power ...
The campaign for women's suffrage picked up speed in the 1910s as the established women's groups won in the western states and moved east, leaving the conservative South for last. Parades were favorite publicity devices. [194]