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Jan 1, 1000
The Anglo-Saxon laws
- Anglo Saxon laws gave women independent status in marriage.
- Women had more rights but it's still limited
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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Women right's timeline
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Jan 1, 1200
Gender roles
Men had power and were the ones allowed to hold land and inherit. Women were important only for the provision of legitimate heirs. -
Jan 1, 1300
The Feudal System
- Women and men work side by side
- Men and women have equal jobs and equal labor
- Lasted between 1300-1700 AD
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Jan 1, 1483
Martin Luther
Martin Luther in Germany believed girls should be allowed to go to school. -
Parenting in Anglo-Saxon Period
Little prestige was given to child-rearing. Rich women often used nurses to breast-feed their children. -
The French Revolution
- Working class women march to the government offices to demand cheaper bread.
- Occurs during the era when men and women begin to be seen as people of different equalities.
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Publishing of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
- A book written and published by Mary Wollstonecraft
- Argues that the difference between men and women should be broken
- States that women's dependancy on the husband's income is unfair
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Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham advocates womens suffrage in the parliamentary reform. -
Government act
Local Government act - women who owned land could vote in villages and locally. -
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women's Social and Political Union. -
Right to vote
Women start to play a greater role in Norwegian Politics. Achieve the right to vote. -
Nancy Astor
Nancy Astor becomes the first women to take a seat in the House of Commons. -
Women's work
460,000 women in the military and 6.5 million in civilian war work. -
Abortion Act
Abosrtion Act introduced - It is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom legalising abortions by registered practitioners. -
Equal pay act and Sex Disorimination Act
Equal pay act and Sex discrimination Act come into effect and equal oppurtunities commission established. -
Equal pay
Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value Amendment. -
Changing Law
Sexual harassment can now be challenged under the law. -
Women vote
Women given the right to vote at age 21.
