March is Women's History Month!!!!

Kobi · 03-12-2013, 07:42 AM

1803
Parliament passes the first British abortion law, prohibiting abortion after quickening.

1804
The Napoleonic Code of France considers women—like criminals, children, and the insane—to be legal minors. A woman's husband controls her property and, in the case of divorce, gets the children.

1804
Native American Sacagawea, whose husband is a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, serves as a guide and interpreter for the group.

1805
Mercy Otis Warren publishes her influential History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution, drawing in part on personal knowledge of the prominent figures of the time.

1807
New Jersey revokes the right of women to vote, a right they had been granted since the adoption of the constitution of New Jersey in 1776.

1813
In England, Elizabeth Fry advocates reform of Newgate Prison, in which 300 women and children are housed under appalling conditions.

1816
Nanny Grigg, a slave in Barbados, plays a significant role in the island's only serious slave rebellion.

1817
The South African warrior queen Mmanthatisi becomes the leader of the Tlokwa (a southern Sotho group). She plans military strategy and leads the nation to a new homeland in Lesotho.

1821
Colombian women gain the right to attend university.

1821
Emma Willard opens the Troy Female Seminary in New York and begins teaching a rigorous curriculum to girls.

1825
Frances Wright founds a utopian community at Nashoba, Tennessee, trying to put into practice her ideas for gradual emancipation of slaves. The plantation fails but attracts wide publicity.

1833
Lydia Maria Child publishes An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, arguing for the abolition of slavery.

1833
Lord Byron's daughter, Augusta Ada King, countess of Lovelace, begins studying Charles Babbage's “difference engine.” She becomes, arguably, the world's first computer programmer. More than a century later the computer language Ada is named for her.

1833
Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College) is founded in Ohio as the first American college to admit men and women on an equal basis.

1834
In Lowell, Massachusetts, women mill workers stage a successful strike to reverse a 25 percent cut in their pay.

1835
Marie Tussaud establishes her collection of wax figures in a permanent location on Baker Street in London.

1837
The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women is held in New York City.

1837
Victoria ascends the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1840
Female delegates are refused admittance to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London. This event leads Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to call the first women's rights convention.

1841
Australian philanthropist Caroline Chisholm founds the Female Immigrants' Home in Sydney to assist poor women in finding work.

1843
The reports of American Dorothea Dix to the Massachusetts legislature about the conditions in prisons for the insane lead to reform.

1844
The English Factory Act establishes the 12-hour workday for female factory workers.

1845
Swedish women win equal rights of inheritance.

1848
The Seneca Falls Convention is held and launches the woman suffrage movement in the United States. The document produced is the Declaration of Sentiments, patterned after the Declaration of Independence.

1849
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland to Philadelphia. By the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Tubman will have returned to the South some 19 times and rescued upward of 300 other slaves.

1849
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first modern-day woman doctor of medicine in the United States.

1851
African American evangelist and reformer Sojourner Truth gives her famous speech in defense of the rights of black women, “Ain't I a Woman?”

1851
The new Guatemalan constitution grants full citizenship to financially independent women.

1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most important antislavery novels in America; it sells 300,000 copies in the first year.

1853
Antoinette Brown Blackwell becomes a Congregational minister and is the first woman ordained by a recognized denomination in the United States.

1853
Queen Victoria is administered chloroform during the delivery of her eighth child. Her approval and recommendation of it popularizes use of the anesthetic.

1854
Florence Nightingale begins nursing casualties during the Crimean War and effectively establishes nursing as a profession for women. Her efforts help reduce the death rate from combat injuries from 42 percent to 2.2 percent.

1860
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody founds the first English-language kindergarten in the United States.

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Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,617 Times in 7,640 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	The spread of industrialization: 1801 to 1860 1803 Parliament passes the first British abortion law, prohibiting abortion after quickening. 1804 The Napoleonic Code of France considers women—like criminals, children, and the insane—to be legal minors. A woman's husband controls her property and, in the case of divorce, gets the children. 1804 Native American Sacagawea, whose husband is a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, serves as a guide and interpreter for the group. 1805 Mercy Otis Warren publishes her influential History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution, drawing in part on personal knowledge of the prominent figures of the time. 1807 New Jersey revokes the right of women to vote, a right they had been granted since the adoption of the constitution of New Jersey in 1776. 1813 In England, Elizabeth Fry advocates reform of Newgate Prison, in which 300 women and children are housed under appalling conditions. 1816 Nanny Grigg, a slave in Barbados, plays a significant role in the island's only serious slave rebellion. 1817 The South African warrior queen Mmanthatisi becomes the leader of the Tlokwa (a southern Sotho group). She plans military strategy and leads the nation to a new homeland in Lesotho. 1821 Colombian women gain the right to attend university. 1821 Emma Willard opens the Troy Female Seminary in New York and begins teaching a rigorous curriculum to girls. 1825 Frances Wright founds a utopian community at Nashoba, Tennessee, trying to put into practice her ideas for gradual emancipation of slaves. The plantation fails but attracts wide publicity. 1833 Lydia Maria Child publishes An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, arguing for the abolition of slavery. 1833 Lord Byron's daughter, Augusta Ada King, countess of Lovelace, begins studying Charles Babbage's “difference engine.” She becomes, arguably, the world's first computer programmer. More than a century later the computer language Ada is named for her. 1833 Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College) is founded in Ohio as the first American college to admit men and women on an equal basis. 1834 In Lowell, Massachusetts, women mill workers stage a successful strike to reverse a 25 percent cut in their pay. 1835 Marie Tussaud establishes her collection of wax figures in a permanent location on Baker Street in London. 1837 The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women is held in New York City. 1837 Victoria ascends the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1840 Female delegates are refused admittance to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London. This event leads Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to call the first women's rights convention. 1841 Australian philanthropist Caroline Chisholm founds the Female Immigrants' Home in Sydney to assist poor women in finding work. 1843 The reports of American Dorothea Dix to the Massachusetts legislature about the conditions in prisons for the insane lead to reform. 1844 The English Factory Act establishes the 12-hour workday for female factory workers. 1845 Swedish women win equal rights of inheritance. 1848 The Seneca Falls Convention is held and launches the woman suffrage movement in the United States. The document produced is the Declaration of Sentiments, patterned after the Declaration of Independence. 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland to Philadelphia. By the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Tubman will have returned to the South some 19 times and rescued upward of 300 other slaves. 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first modern-day woman doctor of medicine in the United States. 1851 African American evangelist and reformer Sojourner Truth gives her famous speech in defense of the rights of black women, “Ain't I a Woman?” 1851 The new Guatemalan constitution grants full citizenship to financially independent women. 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most important antislavery novels in America; it sells 300,000 copies in the first year. 1853 Antoinette Brown Blackwell becomes a Congregational minister and is the first woman ordained by a recognized denomination in the United States. 1853 Queen Victoria is administered chloroform during the delivery of her eighth child. Her approval and recommendation of it popularizes use of the anesthetic. 1854 Florence Nightingale begins nursing casualties during the Crimean War and effectively establishes nursing as a profession for women. Her efforts help reduce the death rate from combat injuries from 42 percent to 2.2 percent. 1860 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody founds the first English-language kindergarten in the United States. __________________