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The first woman to wear pants
Luisa Capetillo used to wear pants in 1880. She was a journalist and originally from Puerto Rico, but she took her activism to the United States and Cuba. -
First woman with a Nobel Prize
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie with the 1903 Physics Prize, and since she didn't use to being a conformist, eight years later she won the Chemistry Prize. -
The woman who dresses how she wants
We must thank Paul Poiret who in 1906 dared to present a show with models without corsets, as didn't use to be before. -
The Woman Begins to Study in Mexico
The first woman who used to have her data as a high school student was Manuela Mota in 1907; However, it was not until 1910 that women were empowered to enter higher education according to data from the High School memory book. -
Admission of women to the military
In 1948, American women were finally able to enlist in the military and were trained in what used to be academies in the 1970s. -
Women's Voting Rights in Mexico
Mexican women didn't use to go to the voting booths but then Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, then president of Mexico, promulgated constitutional reforms on October 17, 1953 so that Mexican women could enjoy full citizenship. -
The prohibition of the dowry.
The dowry used to be the property, goods or money given by the parents of the bride to the future husband.
The Dowry Prohibition Act, an Indian law, enacted on May 1, 1961, intended to prevent the giving or receiving of a dowry. -
Still working marriage
Women used to leave their jobs when they got married, with the end of the Franco regime in 1978, women were released in this sense and with remuneration without suffering discrimination on grounds of gender. -
The world's first female president
Finnbogadóttir from Iceland in 1980. Icelandic women used to claim their rights in the street on numerous occasions, until this historic fact -
Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico City
On August 28, 2008, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation determined the constitutionality of the reforms that decriminalize the interruption of pregnancy in the Federal District before the 12th week of gestation, as it used to be legal in other countries.