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Women in History
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How have women changed America?
It has helped women get their rights like voting for presidents. Only ten, so it is not the best answer.
What was Sandra day O'Connor's job?
Yes, Sandra Day O'Connor was a lawyer before she became a judge, and later the first female justice of the US Supreme Court.
Why were women and slaves left out of the Declaration?
I recently covered this subject in history class. John Adams' wife suggested women be in the declaration, but he did not put them in. For a brief time after the declaration of independence was issued women were given the right to vote, but then it was taken away until the 1900's ( you'd have to look up exactly when women got the right to vote again.) The Declaration of Independence states that human beings had unalianable rights and such. While slaves, back then, were not counted as human beings. Slaves were merely a posession. If a " master" killed a slave, it was not murder. Simply because, slaves were not humans to them. Slaves were simply a property. Even after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves were still being used in some places.
Who was the first Indian woman to win an olympic medal?
Through the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, no Indian woman has won a gold medal at the Olympics. The only Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic competition was Karnam Malleswari who won the bronze medal in weightlifting in the 69 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. All of India's gold medals at the Olympics have come in field hockey. India has won gold 8 times in Olympic field hockey: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980.
What was the role of women in Germany during World War II?
In Nazi ideology women's most noble and patriotic duty was to produce new Aryan children. Michael Montagne
This was the most important duty for German women at the time, but also they were presured into also looking the part. They had to be athletic to help keep their hips broad (going back to the children point), they didn't want the women to wear make-up and all skirts had to be full length.
However, Germany desperatly needed workers, all the men had gone to war and Germany needed weapons to be made (money) and so, the Nazis needed the women to once again get jobs as well as being mothers to many children (Nazis also gave medals to women with the most children, 4=bronze, 6=silver, 8=gold)!
Who was the first woman scientist?
We may never know her name; throughout the 1700s and 1800s, the majority of newspapers covered women's activities only occasionally, and usually that coverage focused on the comings and goings of upper-class elites (debutantes, wealthy wives of famous men, etc). Society did not encourage women to deviate from the culture's norms: this meant that in general, married women did not work outside the home, and single women worked in traditional occupations like being a maid or a seamstress or a teacher, or perhaps an author of children's books.
The tendency to report on women in unusual jobs became more frequent after 1920 (when women got the vote). I have noticed that during the early 1920s, newspapers began finding and reporting on women who worked in non-traditional occupations, including engineering, law, and what we today would call construction. The early to mid-1920s were a period of time when many social norms were being challenged. A small number of working-class women were able to find work as mechanics, radio installers, carpenters, etc. Usually, these women were taught the trade by a husband or brother and entered the family business. But we do not really see very many women entering the building trades, or in occupations such as plumbing, until the late 1960s to early 1970s.
Why were women really accused of witchcraft in the 17 and 18th century?
The subject of witchcraft as a crime had come up during the 16th century, both in England and in Scotland, and laws had been passed at that time.
King James VI of Scotland, who was crowned as James I of England in 1603, was obsessive on the subject of witchcraft, wrote a book called Daemonologie, and personally supervised persecution of witches. His book was widely circulated, and practitioners were given bounties for witches identified and condemned, so there was financial motive in addition to obsession. Of course the book and the practitioners survived him for many years.
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Important women of the French revolution?
Suzanne Necker and Sophie de Gondoret (and other women who held salons in the decades leading up to the revolution).
Marie Antoinette.
Olympe de Gouges.
Charlotte Corday.
Manon Roland.
Claire Lacombe.
Pauline Léon.
What country placed the first man first woman first animal and first satellite in space?
The Former Soviet Union, Also known as The USSR ( Union of Soviet Socialist Republics )
Now known as The Russian Federation.
Geraldine Ferraro ran for Vice-President with Presidential candidate Walter Mondale on the Democratic ticket in 1984.
Did Pocahontas ever leave America?
no. when smith asked her to go to England with her, she said she couldn't.so... that's the answer.the answer isNO.-Marrissa, 6th grader
Who was the first lady in space?
Russia
Russian (Soviet). The Russian sent a woman into space in the 1960's. The USA was planning to send a woman into space in the 1960's, but, did not do so, because President LBJ ordered NASA not to. The USA would not send a woman into space until the 1980's.
Who was the first woman to serve on the supreme court?
Sandra day o'connor was the name of the first woman to sit in supreme court:P
What first did Sandra Day O'Connor accomplish in Arizona Senate?
Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was elected to the Arizona State legislature in 1969, and served as a State Senator from 1969-1975; she was the Arizona Senate Majority Leader and Senate Republican Leader from 1973-1975.
Who is the only woman who has appeared on US paper currency?
Actually two women have appeared on US paper money. Quote from the Related Link: "A portrait of Martha Washington graced the series 1886 and 1891 $1.00 Silver Certificates. The first, First Lady was also featured, along with her husband George, on the series 1896 $1 Silver Certificate. This bill is part of a group of notes that are often referred to as the "Educational Series." These early, large size notes display beautiful engravings and are highly sought after by collectors. The U.S. Series 1869-1878 $10.00 notes featured an engraving of the painting Introduction of the Old World to the New World, or Pocahontas Presented at Courtby T.A. Liebler."
If you include coins, three other women have been depicted: Susan B. Anthony on the ill-fated dollar coin of 1979-81 / 1999; Sacajawea on the current Native American dollar; and Helen Keller on the Alabama state quarter.
Who was the First woman to appear on an American Coin?
Queen Isabella of Spain appeared on the commemorative quarter distributed at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893. A half dollar featuring Christopher Columbus was also issued. These coins were sold for $1 apiece but it seems everyone in those days must have been bargain hunters. Many people were willing to pay double face value for the half dollars but few would pay 4 times the value of a quarter, so today the quarter is much scarcer and more expensive than the half.
What is the name of the first woman who worked?
"We" don't give a name to the first woman.
The Bible gives the name "Eve/Eva" (Havvah in the original Hebrew). Other religions provide other names; for example, in Norse mythology, the name of the first (human) woman was Embla.
Scientists sometimes refer to "Mitochondrial Eve", but this doesn't mean the first woman, it actually means the most recent woman from whom all living humans are descended (in Biblical terms, this would be Noah's wife, or possibly even someone later than that ... Noah's wife's name is not actually specified, but Jewish tradition has it that she's Naamah, the sister of Tubal-Cain, so maybe "Mitochondrial Naamah" would be a better term).
Who was the first woman to found redcross?
First of all it is Red Cross, a noun clause, not a run-on word. The establishment, originally founded by one Henri Dunant ( a Swiss) was founded, principally, in the United Kingdom by Florence Nightingale, R.N. In the United States Clara Barton is generally credited with the founding of the American Red Cross. As I stated the parent organization was founded by a Swiss, M Dunant. M Dunant was awarded, some years after the fact, the first Nobel Peace Prize in l900, by the way.
He impersonated Hitler (under a slightly altered name) in the film The Great Dictator. Everybody noticed that Hitler looked like Chaplin, so he thought he might as well commercialise it. By chance, they were exactly the same age, born the same week.
The second wave of feminism differed from the first wave. What did modern women want?
In the first wave of feminism, which began in 1848 with the Seneca Falls convention, the women (and some men) who were involved with the movement were eager for gaining women Suffrage (the right to vote), but they were also interested in other issues. Under the common law in the 1800s, women were considered the property of their husband. Women could not own land or make business decisions, few were allowed to go to college, and if their husband beat them, it was rarely considered a crime (the husband was believed to have the right to "discipline" his wife). So, leading feminists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, and others advocated for women to be treated equally under the law, as well as to have other rights that only men had back then.
Second wave feminists, myself among them, organized during an era (the 1950s-1970s) when many things had improved. Women had the right to vote, many women attended college, and wife-beating was no longer acceptable in society. But we had a different set of issues to contend with: women were not given equal pay for equal work; many occupations were still closed to us even if we had the qualifications; a number of women endured sexual harassment at their job yet it wasn't considered a societal problem; and women were still stereotyped as too emotional and not very intelligent-- this was especially true on television, in movies, and in advertisements. We began the work of changing society's attitudes about what women were capable of. We also advocated for better opportunities for women in predominantly male occupations, and for laws to protect women from sexual harassment.
Who was the first woman to receive a two Nobel Prizes?
== Madam Marie Curie (1903 Physics) was the first woman to win any Nobel prize.
Answer Bertha von Suttner (1905 Peace) was the first woman to win a Nobel Peace prize
What is Elizabeth Blackwell famous for?
For one thing, she was the first American woman to ever receive a medical degree: she became a doctor in 1849. She devoted her life to helping other women to gain an education and to become more informed about health-related issues. She founded the New York Infirmary in 1857, a school where women could get the medical training that other schools refused to give them (most colleges back then still denied women admission). In addition to training women to become doctors, she and the staff at her hospital gave medical treatment to those who were too poor to pay for it. Elizabeth Blackwell also published several important books, including Medicine as a Profession For Women in 1860 and Address on the Medical Education of Women in 1864.
