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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.
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.
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 ...
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]
Four Black students sued a Georgia school district in federal court Friday, saying teachers and administrators violated their civil rights by fostering “a longstanding and ongoing environment of ...
Thurmond, a history aficionado and the only Black member of a Georgia delegation visiting the founder's tomb outside London, knew Oglethorpe had tried unsuccessfully to keep slaves out of the ...
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 ...
Federal judge orders state lawmakers to redraw maps that violate the Voting Rights Act