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Women Vote in Australia
In 1902, Australian women won the right to vote. Following in the footsteps of New Zealand whose women had the right vote since 1893. Following this more and more countries gave women the right to vote, especially the following years after WW1, where 28 additional countries gave women the right to vote. -
Marie Curie wins a Nobel Prize
In 1911, Marie Curie won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry on her own. This made her the first ever woman to win a Nobel Prize. She had earlier, in 1903 won a Nobel prize in Physics alongside her husband. This made her the only woman to win the prize in two different areas. -
International Women's Day
On March 19th, 1911, the first ever National Women's Day was celebrated in Germany, Austria, Denmark and a few other European countries. The organisation of this event was organised with the help of Alexandra Kollontai who was a Russian revolutionist and feminist during that time period. IWD was originally started because of the unfulfilled promises of the Prussian king who promised votes for women. -
First woman elected into Australian Parliament
In the 1921 elections for Western Australia, Edith Cowan was elected into parliament.This made her the first ever woman to be elected in Australian parliament in the whole of Australian history. -
Amelia Earhart
In May 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean. Following this, in January of 1935 she successfully flew alone again from Hawaii to California- all her attempts before this had failed. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt did more than what the first ladies before her did. As her husband became ill, she took care of more of his work, which first ladies usually wouldn't do. Eventually Franklin Roosevelt died, and Eleanor claimed that she wouldn't have anything else to do with politics... But in 1945 president Truman made her a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. She also had a chair on the U.N's Human Rights Commission and helped to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -
Rosa Parks
On December 1st, 1995, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat up to a white man. She believed that she shouldn't have to give her seat up because she was a coloured woman and because she resisted she was arrested. Her actions and her arrest sparked a boycott that lasted a year, and this boycott is considered as the event that sparked the U.S civil rights movement. Rosa Parks became known as the "mother of the civil rights movement." -
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
On this day, Sirimavo Bandaranike changed history by becoming the worlds first ever primeminister. Following this many other women were elected into head of state in many other places around the world. -
Valentina Tereshkova
On June 16th, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first female to travel into space. She was launched in the spacecraft Vostok6, this spacecraft completed 48 orbits in 71 hours. Valentina was launched two whole decades before the United States launched their first woman, Sally Ride, into space. -
Indira Ghandi
On January 24th, 1966, Indira Ghandi was appointed prime-minister of India, this made her the first female prime-minister of India. She is also to date the only female prime-minister of India, and the second longest serving prime-minister, following after her father. -
Equal Pay
In 1969, the working women of Australia won the right to an equal pay with men. -
Margaret Thatcher
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher, the leader of the Britain Conservative party, was elected prime minister. This made her the first female prime minister that Britain had. Thatcher then resigned from the role in 1991 -
Kay Cottee
In 1988, Kay Cotte, a young woman from Sydney was the first woman to sail around the world on her own without any assistance. -
Toni Morrison
In 1983, Toni Morrison was the first African- American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in the category of Literature. She had been a professor at Princeton Univeristy and was awarded this medal because of her great work. -
Madeline Albright
Madeline Albright was the first woman to become the United States secretary of state. She was nominated by Bill Clinton on December 5th, 1996 and was confirmed by a senate vote, which totalled 99-0 (in her favour)
