October 5, 1789 The March on Versailles was an event that took place between 5 and 6 October 1789 at the Palace of Versailles (France) as part of the French Revolution. The event... 1789 September 5, 1791 The Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizenship affirms the dignity of women and the recognition of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Also, women’s right to vote is accepted.... 1791 January 1, 1792 Englishwoman Mary Wollstonecraft publishes Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), the original English title is “Avindication of the Rights of Woman:... 1792 January 1, 1869 Important year for women. The First Congress of the International Working Women’s Association is held, which approves a solution to women’s professional work. During the second half of the 19th... 1869 March 8, 1908 On March 8, 1908, 130 women workers in a New York textile factory went on strike and demanded in the streets an 8-hour work day, the abolition of child labor... 1908 February 6, 1918 The National Association of Spanish Women is created in Spain. They raised the demand for women’s suffrage. On February 6, 1918, the British Parliament passed a law granting the right... 1918 December 9, 1931 It grants the right to vote to women of full age. Victoria Kent’s proposal was rejected by a very narrow margin, 131 votes to 127. Women’s right to vote was... 1931 December 10, 1948 It recognizes the rights of every person without distinction of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion. After WW 2 world leaders decided to sit down to... 1948 March 8, 1952 March 8 is instituted as “International Women’s Day”. March 8 was established in 1952 as International Women’s Day by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. However, there is uncertainty about... 1952 December 18, 1979 The ONU General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This international treaty was adopted on 18 December 1979 and entered into force... 1979 March 8, 2000 Women’s organizations from more than 150 countries are coordinating to protest against poverty and violence against women around the world. The initiative ‘World March of Women 2000’ was born twenty-one... 2000
October 5, 1789 The March on Versailles was an event that took place between 5 and 6 October 1789 at the Palace of Versailles (France) as part of the French Revolution. The event... 1789
September 5, 1791 The Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizenship affirms the dignity of women and the recognition of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Also, women’s right to vote is accepted.... 1791
January 1, 1792 Englishwoman Mary Wollstonecraft publishes Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), the original English title is “Avindication of the Rights of Woman:... 1792
January 1, 1869 Important year for women. The First Congress of the International Working Women’s Association is held, which approves a solution to women’s professional work. During the second half of the 19th... 1869
March 8, 1908 On March 8, 1908, 130 women workers in a New York textile factory went on strike and demanded in the streets an 8-hour work day, the abolition of child labor... 1908
February 6, 1918 The National Association of Spanish Women is created in Spain. They raised the demand for women’s suffrage. On February 6, 1918, the British Parliament passed a law granting the right... 1918
December 9, 1931 It grants the right to vote to women of full age. Victoria Kent’s proposal was rejected by a very narrow margin, 131 votes to 127. Women’s right to vote was... 1931
December 10, 1948 It recognizes the rights of every person without distinction of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion. After WW 2 world leaders decided to sit down to... 1948
March 8, 1952 March 8 is instituted as “International Women’s Day”. March 8 was established in 1952 as International Women’s Day by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. However, there is uncertainty about... 1952
December 18, 1979 The ONU General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This international treaty was adopted on 18 December 1979 and entered into force... 1979
March 8, 2000 Women’s organizations from more than 150 countries are coordinating to protest against poverty and violence against women around the world. The initiative ‘World March of Women 2000’ was born twenty-one... 2000
