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4000 BCE
4000 B.C. China
Si Ling-Chi discovers silk making, according to legend -
Period: 4000 BCE to
Women in History
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1465 BCE
1465 B.C. Egypt
Hatshepsut, a woman, reigns as pharaoh -
1350 BCE
1350 B.C. Egypt
Nefertiti has power as co-regent with the pharaoh -
400 BCE
400 B.C. Greece
Agnodice is the first known female physician -
353 BCE
353-351 B.C. Greece
Artemisia II builds one of the ancient wonders, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus -
69 BCE
69 B.C. Eygpt
Cleopatra is born, she would be the last pharaoh -
60 BCE
60 B.C. England
Boudica leads uprising against Romans -
40
40 A.D. Vietnam
The Trung sisters lead uprising against Chinese conquerors -
269
269 A.D. Syria
Zenobia drastically expands the Palmyrene empire -
1412
1412 A.D. France
Joan of Arc is born, she would help the King regain his throne -
1558
1558 -1604 A.D. England
Elizabeth I reigns -
1691 A.D. Mexico
Juana Ines de la Cruz campaigns for the education of women -
1792 A.D. England
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Women -
1860 A.D. Russia
Anna Filosofova co-founds women's society to provide housing and employment for women -
1893 A.D. New Zealand
Kate Sheppard petitions Parliament for women's suffrage -
1903 A.D. Poland
Marie Curie wins the Nobel Prize for her work with radium -
1911 A.D. Japan
Raicho Hiratsuka creates first all-female run literary journal - Seito -
1918 A.D. England
Woman over the age of 30 gain the right to vote -
1951 A.D. Egypt and England
Doria Shafik in Egypt petitions Parliament for equal rights for women. In England, Rosalind Franklin provides evidence of DNA's structure -
1955 A.D. United States
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus to a white man -
1960 A.D. Guatemala
Rigoberta Menchu wins the Nobel Prize for her work on gaining rights for native populations -
1973 A.D. United States
Billie Jean King demands equal prize money for women at the U.S. Open -
1992 A.D. Botswana
Unity Dow wins case allowing citizenship to pass from mother to child -
2016 A.D. Zimbabwe
Loveness Mudzuru and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi wins court case which criminalizes child marriage