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The Gender Revolution

  • First woman to become a dentist

    First woman to become a dentist
    Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first woman to become a dentist and recieve all professional recognition of which inspired other women to follow in her action, by 1900 around 1000 women followed Lucy Hobbs into a career of dentistry
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams
    Jane Addams was one of the main leaders of the women's sufferage act as well as she created one of the first hull houses for women in the world in Illinois of which worked with women of which had been abused
  • Women first allowed to vote (New Zealand)

    Women first allowed to vote (New Zealand)
    Though the right to vote was first allowed for women in the state of Wyoming, that right was later taken away, therefor it is possible to believe that the first time women were allowed to vote was in new zealand since the right to vote was not taken away from them
  • World War I

    World War I
    During world war 1 whilst men were recuited for the army, this gave woman not only a chance to take over the jobs of civil services and factories, but also women also worked with the army with the production of weapons of high demand and even in very few cases with medical help.
  • First Female police officer with full power

    First Female police officer with full power
    In the UK Edith Smith was appointed as the first female policewoman with full power to arrest. This showed a beginning of women starting to work with jobs that are involved with help and service.
  • First woman to get a doctor's diploma

    First woman to get a doctor's diploma
    Though authorites only accutally accepted her diploma in 1876, this helped woman globally because of more cultural accpetion when it came to taking a more important role in jobs of which aided and required public services
  • Increase in empolyment for women

    Increase in empolyment for women
    Along with the protests, employment for women increased from 23.6% of swhich was recorded in 1914 to 45.7%
  • Large protest and strikes

    Large protest and strikes
    This was when women tried to be heard about equal wages since they were filliing in for men in work but still they were getting payed less than men in the economy of which they achieved that right however it was only many years later
  • The Sex Disqualification Removal Act

    The Sex Disqualification Removal Act
    This act was put into effect in the UK made it so that a judicial job, medical or even civil work cannot be held from a woman because of her gender of which made an increase of female job employment in the UK
  • Female pilots are more accepted

    Female pilots are more accepted
    Amelia Earheart was the first woman to fly alone across the atlantic ocean, though female pilots are still usually not seen nowadays. This action of which she preformed made it so that female pilots are more culturally accpected back then, and even now in society.
  • World War II

    World War II
    Similar to world war I, however in this case more often women were recuited to work in auxiliary jobs in the army and also had a large chance this time to take over more jobs of which men had to be taken out of to go to work
  • Ability to purchase the pill

    Ability to purchase the pill
    Before women weren't allowed to purchase forms of contraception and birth control until 1960 when the form of contraception was aproved by the FDA
  • Equal pay act

    Equal pay act
    This act made it so that in the United States of America, there would not be a diffrence in wages for jobs based off of gender. Being that a woman could not be payed less than a man whom has the same or even a lower job than her because of her gender
  • First Female astronaut to go into space (launch date)

    First Female astronaut to go into space (launch date)
    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space after NASA had belived that there was no program of which concerned female astronauts in any of their plans.
  • The first Ivy League school accpeted women

    The first Ivy League school accpeted women
    Though Coronell had already accepted women before the 20th century, this action was not well recognized until both yale and princeton allowed women to attend in the year 1969 of which took a large part in the gender revolution
  • Abortion allowed

    Abortion allowed
    The right to legally terminate a pregnency was not allowed until 1973 when it was allowed to Roe V. Wade in the U.S. after a court case was carried out
  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act

    Equal Credit Opportunity Act
    This act made it so that women can have or use credit cards in their own name of which was not allowed. This act made it so that credit card companies were no allowed later to descriminate against women upon having credit cards because of gender
  • First female president

    First female president
    In Argentina the first female president: Isabel Martinez de Peron was elected as president, of which this action created a larger vision globaly of how women can take over political roles.
  • Access to emergency contraception

    Access to emergency contraception
    Until 1998 it was illegal for women to acces emergency contraception such as the morning after pill but it was later on allowed by the FDA
  • Malala Yousafzai

    Malala Yousafzai
    Malala fought in Pakistan against the taliban for the right for women to recieve an education. Though this action did not change the actions of the taliban and other organizations, her actions and story continues to inspire other women in areas such as Mingora where Malala lived to try and achieve an education