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3 days ago · The 1928 Olympics, held in Amsterdam, was the first where women could participate in track events. Robinson won the 100-meter sprint final (only her fourth ever meet) by half a meter.
3 days ago · Helga Gill (1885–1928) – Norwegian-born British suffragist who spoke at meetings. Katie Edith Gliddon (1883–1967) – watercolour artist and militant suffragette. Frances Gordon (born c. 1874) – prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement; imprisoned and force-fed.
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5 days ago · 4. Laser Cataract Surgery – Patricia Bath (1986) Dr. Patricia Bath, the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology, invented the Laserphaco Probe in 1986. This device revolutionized cataract surgery by using laser technology to painlessly dissolve cataracts and restore vision.
5 days ago · Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements. Called the "Mother of American modernism", O'Keeffe gained international recognition for her meticulous paintings of natural forms ...
4 days ago · National Archives - Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment (May 27, 2024) women’s rights movement, diverse social movement, largely based in the United States, that in the 1960s and ’70s sought equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women. It coincided with and is recognized as part of the “second wave” of feminism.
5 days ago · Self-determination of people. Sexuality. Speech. Water and sanitation. v. t. e. Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries.
3 days ago · Gender history developed in the 1980s out of women’s history, when historians familiar with studying women increasingly began to discuss the ways in which systems of sexual differentiation affected both women and men. Historians interested in this new perspective asserted that gender was an appropriate category of analysis when looking at all ...
