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1967: "The Discontent of Women", by Joke Kool-Smits, was published; [9] the publication of this essay is often regarded as the start of second-wave feminism in the Netherlands. [10] In this essay, Smit describes the frustration of married women, saying they are fed up being solely mothers and housewives.
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]
Most young urban women took jobs before marriage, then quit. Before the growth of high schools after 1900, most women left school after the eighth grade aged around fifteen. Ciani (2005) shows that type of work they did reflected their ethnicity and marital status.
Timeline of women in warfare in Colonial America; Timeline of women in war in the United States, pre-1945; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 to 1999; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States before 1900; Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1900 to 1949
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during two eras of activism. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US ...
This is a timeline of feminism in the United States. It contains feminist and antifeminist events. It contains feminist and antifeminist events. It should contain events within the ideologies and philosophies of feminism and antifeminism .
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) before the 19th century; Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the 19th century; Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the 20th century; Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other than voting) Timeline of women in library science
Here is a timeline of the controversial comments the author has made about trans rights. 19 December 2019, Rowling tweets support for woman whose opinions on sex were ruled ‘absolutist’