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Salem Witch Trials
New England was a theocracy in which church officials held power .Crimes were thought treated as severity as great as that rendered common crime.In the mind of people back then was that devil walked along with God,so witches and wizards existed.Because women were deemed both intellectually and morally inferior to men,they were thought to more culpable to Satan, and witchcraft was far greater threat than wizardry.200 women were accused practicing witchcraft and 20 of them were executed. -
Revolutionary War Women
There were more instances,however of British and Hessian soldiers abusing American Women.Cases of rape were particularly prevalent in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania area where the war stalemated so long.A series of gang rapes there in 1776 were most often occurring. Even when women escaped this worst molestation, there were daily unpleasantries in a situation when soldier were housed in the unwilling homes of civilians. -
Immigrant Women
Because of the French Revolution and other factors,there was relatively little immigration in the early years of America. The first major wave came in the 1840s as a result of famine in Ireland;it included large number of woman and Irish woman.More than any other ethnic group,Irish women came alone, remained single, and worked ton support siblings.Their most common employment was Domestic Service, and in time almost every affluent home in the northeast had its faithful "Bridget" as cook or maid. -
Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention
Originally known as the Woman’s Rights Convention, the Seneca Falls Convention fought for the social, civil and religious rights of women. The meeting was held from July 19 to 20, 1848 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. -
Kate Sheppard
New Zealand’s most celebrated suffragist, Kate Sheppard along with fellow campaigners presented a “monster” petition to Parliament demanding women’s suffrage with nearly 32,000 signatures — an instrumental move that led to New Zealand becoming the first self-governing country to grant national voting rights to women in 1893. -
Trees and Human rights
Professor Wangari Mathaai, a Kenyan woman , is the founder of the environmental Green Belt Movement.Under her leadership, 50000 woman and school children planted more than ten million tress in Kenyan, improving the land and preventing soil erosion.In 1992,she was arrested and beaten for supporting human rights. -
Mann Act
Passed by the congress,the Mann act prohibited taking women across national boundaries for "immoral purposes".Aimed at the era's obsession with white slavery,it made prostitution a federal as well as a state crime if any interstate transportation-even mail-was involved.The act was enforced by several agencies, including the post office, which was to read mail to and from France for tips on "the trade".The Mann act had the effect of restricting women's freedom of movement. -
Bride Buying
Bride-purchasing or bride-selling is practiced by bride-sellers and bride-buyers in parts of countries such as India and China, among others. The practice is described as a form of “marriage of convenience” but is illegal in many countries in the world.According to the Punjabi writer, Kirpal Kazak, bride-selling began in Jharkhand after the arrival of the Rajputs. The tribe decorate the women for sale with ornaments..Bride buying is also an old tradition in China. -
International Congress of Women
Led by Jane Addams, forty two american women crossed the war imperiled sea for a meeting at the Hague in April, 1915. The conflict that became World War I was less than a year old;Americans were not yet involved and these indomitable women aimed to not only to keep their nation out, but also to end the war.Addams and Alice Hamilton jointly published a report of the meeting and its extraordinary mission entitled Women at the Hague. -
Art or Craft
Women's traditional creative skills in needlework have been downgraded as craft, rather than as higher status art.Even at the radical German Bauhaus College of architecture and design, set up in 1919,woman were expected to work only in textile They had to fight to take part in other art forms,such as paining or architecture. -
Women In World War 2
Beginning in December 1941, 350,000 women served in the United States Armed Forces, during WWII.They had their own branches of services, including: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.Women played an important role for the United States in World War II. Although they did not enter as soldiers, many women helped by serving in the armed forces.They also helped to keep the country together at the home front.Women worked in factories producing ships, munitions and much needed products for the war. -
The first Prime minister women
Sirimavo Bandarnaike was a Sri Lankan politician. She served as prime minister three times and was the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. She was the first female to be elected head of government in the world.she was the widow of a previous prime minister, Solomon , who was murdered in 1959. Her policies were based in socialism and similar to her husband's. She spent 40 years in political office. She resigned on 10 August 2000. Exactly two months later she died, aged 84, of a heart attack -
The Taliban
The Taliban,Islamic fundamentalists,gradually take control in Afghanistan,undermining women,s right.The US and its allies cited the defense of women's rights as one of the primary reasons, after the need to defeat the Taliban.Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, and the establishment of the Karzai government,Afghan women continue to be among the worst off in the world. Their situation is dismal in every area, including in health, education,, freedom from violence, equality before the law.
