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Suffrage, Women. 1893 New Zealand. 1902 Australia. 1906 Finland. 1913 Norway. 1915 Denmark. 1917 USSR. 1918 Canada. 1918/28 Britain. Reform Bills. 1920 US. 1971 Switzerland. 1976 Liechtenstein. Not yet in Arab countries. Wyoming.
Cartwright, John. 1740-1824. English reformer for universal male suffrage, abolition of slavery.
Chartists. 1836-58. British workers’ reform movement. Petitions 1838,40,48 for universal male suffrage, ballot vote led to riots 1839. Lovett.
Phillips, Wendell. 1811-84. US abolitionist, women’s suffrage, prohibition crusader.
Alcott, Louisa May. 1832-88. US novelist: Little Women 1869.
Amazons. Mythical women warriors. Fought Greeks at Troy.
Béguines. 12C- Belgian Catholic women’s charitables communities. Condemned 1311. Still exist.
Bloomer, Amelia. 1818-94. US temperance, women’s rights activist. Wore bloomers.
Blue Stockings. 1750s French literary salon held by educated women.
Borden, Robert. 1854-1937. Canadian Cons Prime Minister 1911-20. Union Gov’t. Imperial War Cabinet. Women suffrage.
Christian X. Danish king 1912-47. Symbol of Danish Resistance. Imprisoned by Nazis 1943-5. Women’s vote 1915. Independent Iceland 1918.
Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.
Factory Acts. England. 1802 Apprentices 12 hr day. 1819 Minimum age 9. 1833. Limited child labour to 8 hours and education required 1844 Women, children 10 hr max. 1842 No women/children in mines. 1920 Minimum age 14. US 1844 Women 12 hr max. 1874 Women/children 10 hr max.
Feminism. 20C Women’s movement to achieve equality with men.
Juno. Roman goddess of women and marriage. = Hera. Frigg.
Lansbury, George. 1859-1940. British Labour MP. Women’s suffrage. Pacifist, opposed to WWI.
Lawrence, D.H. 1885-1930. Censored English psychological novelist exploring consciousness and morality. Sons and Lovers 1913. Women in Love 1926. Lady Chatterly’s Lover 1928. Modernism.
Mann Act. 1910. US law prohibits transport of women across state lines for immoral purposes.
Married Women’s Property Act. 1882. UK. Abolished women’s property passing automatically to husband on marriage.
May Fourth Movement. 1915-21. Chinese intellectuals for modernization, westernization, freedom for women.
Middleton, Thomas. 1570-1627. English satiric dramatist. Changeling 1622. Woman Beware Women 1621.
Mill, John Stuart. 1806-73. English Utilitarian Positivist philosopher. Social as well as political freedom is necessary. Tyranny of the majority. Associationism. Political Economy 1848. On Liberty 1859. Utilitarianism 1863. Women’s Right to Vote 1866.
Mott, Lucretia. 1793-1880. Organized first US women’s rights conference with Stanton, 1848.
Pankhurst, Emmeline. 1858-1928. English suffragette. Founded Women’s Social and Political Union, 1903.
Paraguayan War. 1864-70. Paraguay decimated by Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay. Reduced population from 525K to 193K women and 28K men.