Events in the WWI Era: War, Gender, Society

By am179119

  • NZ Women Could Vote

  • Aus.: Women in S. Australia get right to vote

  • Second Boer War

  • US: Army Nurse Corps Founded

  • Aus.: Commonwealth Franchise Act: Women over 21 get the right to vote

  • Aus: Australian Army Nursing Services Founded

  • Britain: Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) founded

  • Australia: women stand for election

  • Canada: Canadian Army medical Corps founded

  • Australia: Victoria Women get the right to vote

  • War: Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand

  • Britain: Suffragettes ask women to support war effort

  • War: Battle of the Marne I

  • War: Most Allied Countries Declare War on Germany

  • War: Battle of the Frontiers

  • War: Race to the Sea Begins

  • War: Battle of Ypres

  • War: Battle of Cambrai

  • New Zealand Army Nurse Services Forms

  • War: Battle of Gallipoli

  • Canada: Manitoba Gives women right to vote and hold office

  • War: Battle of Verdun

  • War: Battle of Jutland

  • War: Battle of The Somme

  • War: US declares war on Germany

  • Britain: 4th Reform Act

    Women over 30 could vote if they were married to a local government registry; property owner; graduated college

  • Canada: All Women over 21 get federal vote

  • War: First Battle of Cantigny

    the first independent American operation

  • US: Amendment for women to vote proposed

  • War: Battle of Chateau-Thierry

  • War: Attack at St. Mihel's Salient

  • War: Muesse- Argonne Offensive

  • War: Armistace

  • Britain: Woman 21+ can run for parliament

  • Britain: Women vote for the first time

  • US: 19th Amendment added to US Constitution

  • US: HR Resolution 75; Equal Rights Amendment