Before the 19th century[edit]

1718
Russia: Gender segregation is banned
[1]

Sweden: Female taxpaying members of the cities' guilds are allowed to vote and stand for election
during the age of liberty; this right is banned (for local elections) in 1758 and (general elections) in
1771
[2]

Province of Pennsylvania (now U.S. state of Pennsylvania): Married women allowed to own and
manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1722
Russia: Ban against forced marriages
[1]

1753
Russia: Married women granted separate economy
[4]

1754
Germany: Dorothea Erxleben the first woman doctor.
1771
New York: Husbands must have their wives' consent to sell their property
[5]

1774
Maryland: Husbands must have their wives' consent to sell their property
[5]

1776
France: Female tailors are allowed into the guild of tailors
[6]

1778
0Sw0eden: Barnamordsplakatet; unmarried women are allowed to leave their home town to give birth
anonymously and have the birth registered anonymously, to refrain from answering any questions
about the birth and, if they choose to keep their child, to have their unmarried status not mentioned in
official documents to avoid social embarrassment.
1786
Russia: Primary and high schools for females
[1]

1787
Massachusetts: The trade profession is opened to unmarried women
[5]

1788
France: noble widows are known to have voted to the French States-General in 178889 in the
absence of a male guardian.
United States of America: Female citizens may stand for election for federal offices, though they still
could not vote.
1789
France is the first country in Europe where it is suggested that women are to be in the Assembly of
the Estates, there are several demands to include women in the reforms of the right to vote.
1791
France: Equal inheritance rights (abolished in 1804)
[7]

1792
France: Divorce is legalized for both sexes
[7]
(abolished for women in 1804)
France: Local women-units of the defense army are founded in several cities; although the military
was never officially open to women, about eight thousand women were estimated to have served
openly in the French arm in local troops (but not in the battle fields) between 1792 and 1794, but
women were officially barred from the arm in 1795
[8]

1793
France: The question of women's right to vote is discussed in the Parliament of France; women's
right to vote is acknowledged as a principle, but it is still put aside with the explanation that the time is
not right to make this a reality and is therefore postponed.
[8]

19th century[edit]
18001860[edit]
1809
USA, Connecticut: Married women are allowed to execute wills
[5]

1810
Sweden: The informal right of an unmarried woman to be declared of legal majority by royal
dispensation are officially confirmed by parliament
[9]

1811
Austria: Married women are granted separate economy and the right to choose profession
[10]

Sweden: Married businesswomen are granted the right to make decisions about their own affairs
without their husband's consent
[11]

1821
USA, Maine: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1827
Brazil: The first elementary schools for girls and the profession of school teacher are open
[12]

1829
India: Sati is banned.
Sweden: Midwives are allowed to use surgical instruments, which are unique in Europe at the time
and gives them surgical status
[13]

1833
USA, Ohio: The first co-educational university, Oberlin College.
Guatemala: Divorce legalized (rescinded in 1840 and reintroduced in 1894)
[14]

1835
USA, Arkansas: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Massachusetts: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during
the incapacity of their spouse
[3]

USA, Tennessee: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1839
Great Britain: The Custody of Infants Act 1839 makes it possible for divorced mothers to be granted
custody of their children.
USA, Mississippi: The Married Women's Property Act 1839 grants married women the right to own
(but not control) property in her own name.
[15]

1840
USA, Texas: Married women allowed to own property in their own name
[16]

USA, Maine: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

1841
Bulgaria: The first secular girls school makes education and the profession of teacher available for
women
[17]

USA, Maryland: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name.
[3]

1842
Sweden: Compulsory Elementary school for both sexes
[18]

USA, New Hampshire: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name
during the incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1843
USA, Kentucky: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1844
USA, Maine: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Maine: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Massachusetts: Married Women granted separate economy
[19]

1845
Sweden: Equal inheritance for sons and daughters (in the absence of a will)
[20]

USA, New York: Married women granted patent rights
[3]

USA, Florida: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

1846
Sweden: Trade- and crafts works professions are opened to all unmarried women
[21]

USA, Alabama: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Kentucky: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Ohio: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Michigan: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1847
Belgium: Elementary school for both genders
Costa Rica: The first high school for girls, and the profession of teacher is open to women
[22]

1848
USA, State of New York: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy
[23]

USA, Pennsylvania: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Rhode Island: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

1849
USA, Alabama: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

USA, Connecticut: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during
the incapacity of their spouse
[3]

USA: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first female medical doctor (1858 also in Great Britain).
USA, Missouri: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, South Carolina: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

1850
France: Elementary education for both sexes, but girls are only allowed to be tutored by teachers
from the church
[10]

Haiti: The first permanent school for girls
[24]

Iceland: Equal inheritance.
[25]

USA, California: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy
[26]

USA, Wisconsin: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy
[26]

USA, Oregon: Unmarried women are allowed to own land
[10]

1851
Guatemala: Full citizenship are granted economically independent women (rescinded in 1879)
[27]

Canada, New Brunswick : Married women granted separate economy
[28]

1852
USA, New Jersey: Married Women granted separate economy
[19]

USA, Indiana: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Wisconsin: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1853
Colombia: Divorce is legalized (rescinded in 1856 and reintroduced in 1992)
[14]

Sweden: The profession of teacher at public primary and elementary schools are opened to both
sexes
[29]

1854
Norway: Equal inheritance
[10]

USA, Massachusetts: grant married women separate economy
[26]

Chile: The first public elementary school for girls
[30]

1855
USA, Iowa: University of Iowa becomes the first coeducational public or state university in the United
States
[31]

USA, Michigan: Married women granted separate economy
[17]

1856
USA, Connecticut: Married women granted patent rights
[3]

1857
Denmark: Legal majority for unmarried women
[10]

Denmark: Trade- and crafts professions are opened to unmarried women
[32]

Great Britain: Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 makes divorce possible for both sexes.
Netherlands: Elementary education compulsory for both girls and boys
[33]

Spain: Elementary education compulsory for both girls and boys
[34]

USA, Maine: Married women granted the right to control their own earnings
[19]

USA, Oregon: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Oregon: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1858
Russia: gymnasiums for girls
[1]

Sweden: Legal majority for unmarried women (if applied for; automatic legal majority in 1863)
[20]

1859
Canada West: Married women granted separate economy
[28]

Denmark: The post of teacher at public schools are opened to women
[32]

Russia: Women allowed to audit university lectures (retracted in 1863)
[1]

Sweden: The post of college teacher and lower official at public institutions are open to women
[35]

USA, Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy
[26]

18601899[edit]
1860
USA, New York: Married women granted the right to control their own earnings
[19]

USA, Maryland: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Maryland: Married women granted the right to control their earnings
[3]

USA, Maryland: Married women granted trade license
[3]

New Zealand: Married women allowed to own property (extended in 1870)
[10]

USA, Massachusetts: Married women granted trade licenses
[3]

1861
France: Julie-Victoire Daubi becomes the first female student.
Iceland: Legal majority for unmarried women
[25]

Russia: The Scientific- and Medical Surgery Academy open laboratories for women (retracted in
1864)
[1]

Sweden: The first public institution of higher academic learning for women, Hgre
lrarinneseminariet, is opened.
Sweden: The dentist profession is opened to women
[36]

USA: Lucy Hobbs Taylor becomes the first female dentist.
USA, Illinois: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Ohio: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Illinois: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Ohio: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1863
Denmark: Colleges open to women
[21]

Norway: Legal majority for unmarried women (at the same age as men in 1869)
[20]

Sweden: The Post- and telegraph professions are opened to women
[37]

1864
Bohemia: Taxpaying women and women in "learned profession" eligible to the legislative body
[38]

Finland: Legal majority for unmarried women.
[20]

Haiti: Elementary schools for girls are founded
[24]

Sweden: Unmarried women are granted the same rights within trade and commerce as men
[11]

Sweden: Husbands are forbidden to abuse their wives.
[39]

Sweden: The gymnastics profession is open to women
[37]

1865
Ireland: Married Women's Property (Ireland) Act 1865
Italy: Legal majority for unmarried women
[40]

Italy: Equal inheritance
[40]

Italy: A married woman is allowed to become the legal guardian of her children and their property if
abandoned by her husband
[40]

USA, Louisiana: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1867
Switzerland: Zrich University formally open to women, though they had already been allowed to
attend lectures a few years prior
[41]

USA, Alabama: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, New Hampshire: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

1868
Croatia: The first high school open to females
[42]

USA, North Carolina: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Arkansas: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Kansas: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Kansas: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Kansas: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, South Carolina: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

USA, Georgia: Married women allowed to own (but not control) property in their own name
[3]

1869
Austria-Hungary: The profession of public school teacher is open to women
[10]

Costa Rica: Elementary education compulsory for both girls and boys
[22]

Great Britain: Girton College, Cambridge.
Russia: University Courses for women are opened, which opens the profession of teacher, law
assistant and similar lower academic professions for women (in 1876, the courses are no longer
allowed to give exams, and in 1883, all outside of the capital is closed).
[10]

Sweden: Women allowed to work in the railway office
[37]

USA: Arabella Mansfield becomes the first woman to enter the practice of law.
USA, Minnesota: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

1870
Finland: Women allowed to study at the universities by dispensation (dispensation demand dropped
in 1901)
[43]

Great Britain: Married Women's Property Act 1870
India: Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870
Mexico: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Sweden: Universities open to women (at the same terms as men 1873)
[20]
the first female student
is Betty Pettersson.
USA, Georgia: Married women granted separate economy
[45]

USA, South Carolina: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, South Carolina: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Tennessee: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Iowa: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1871
Japan: Women are allowed to study in the USA (though not yet in Japan itself)
[46]

New Zealand: Universities open to women
[47]

USA, Mississippi: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Mississippi: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Mississippi: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Arizona: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Arizona: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1872
Austria-Hungary: Women allowed to work in the post- and telegraph office
[10]

Canada: Dominion Lands Act grant mothers without husbands homestead land.
Japan: The geisha as well as the prostituted women are freed from guardianship and granted legal
majority and the right to change profession
[48]

Japan: Compulsory elementary education for both girls and boys
[49]

Sweden: Women are granted the right to choose marriage partner and arranged marriages are
thereby banned (the noblewomen, however, not granted the same right until 1882)
[50]

Switzerland: The universities of Bern and Geneva open to women (Lausanne follow in 1876 and
Basel in 1890)
[41]

USA, Pennsylvania: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, California: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Montana: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, California: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, California: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Wisconsin: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1873
Great Britain: Custody of Infants Act 1873; Mothers granted guardianship for children at divorce.
USA, Arkansas: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Kentucky: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, North Carolina: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Kentucky: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Arkansas: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Delaware: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Iowa: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Nevada: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Iowa: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Nevada: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Nevada: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1874
Netherlands: Aletta Jacobs becomes the first woman allowed to study medicine.
Sweden: Married women granted control over their own income
[20]

France: First trade union open to women.
Japan: The profession of public school teacher is opened to women
[51]

USA, Massachusetts: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, New Jersey: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Rhode Island: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, New Jersey: Married women granted trade licenses
[3]

USA, Colorado: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Illinois: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Minnesota: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Montana: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Montana: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Colorado: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Colorado: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1875
Denmark: Universities open to women
[20]

USA, Delaware: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

1876
Great Britain: Universities open to women
[52]

Italy: Universities open to women.
[53]

Netherlands:Universities open to women
[53]

USA, New Hampshire: Married women granted trade licenses
[3]

USA, Wyoming: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Wyoming: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Wyoming: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1877
Chile: Universities open to women
[54]

Italy: Women can serve as witnesses to legal acts
[40]

Scotland: Married Women's Property (Scotland) Act 1877.
USA, Connecticut: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Connecticut: Married women granted trade licenses
[3]

USA, Dakota: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Dakota: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Dakota: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1878
Austria-Hungary: Women allowed to attend university lectures as guest auditors
[55]

Bulgaria: Elementary education for both sexes
[56]

Finland: Equal inheritance
[20]

Great Britain: Women can secure a separation on the grounds of cruelty, claim custody of their
children and demand spousal and child support. Abused wives granted separation orders
[57]

Great Britain: Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
USA, Virginia: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

1879
Brazil: Universities open to women
[12]

France: Colleges and secondary education open to women
[10]

India: The first college open to women, Bethune College.
USA, Indiana: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Indiana: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1880
Australia : Universities open to women
[58]

Belgium: The university of Brussels open to women
[53]

Canada: Universities open to women.
[citation needed]

Denmark: Married women granted the right to control their own income
[59]

France: Universities open to women
[10]

USA, Oregon: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Oregon: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

1881
France: Women allowed to open a bank account in their own name
[10]

Scotland: Married Women's Property (Scotland) Act 1881
USA, Vermont: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Vermont: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Nebraska: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Nebraska: Married women granted trade license
[3]

USA, Nebraska: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, Florida: Married women allowed to own and manage property in their own name during the
incapacity of their spouse
[3]

1882
Great Britain: Married Women's Property Act 1882
France: Compulsory elementary school for both genders
[60]

Nicaragua: The first public secular education institution for women, Colegio de Senoritas, open
[61]

Poland: The Flying University provides academic education for women.
1883
Belgium: Universities open to women
[53]

Romania: Universities open to women
[62]

Victoria, Australia: Married women granted separate economy
[58]

1884
Switzerland: Legal majority for unmarried women (including widows)
[63]

Norway: Universities open to women
[20]

Germany: Legal majority for unmarried women
[10]

Mexico: Legal majority for unmarried women and separate economy granted for married women
[64]

Ontario: Married women granted separate economy
[65]

Great Britain: Married Women's Property Act 1884
1885
France: Divorce legalized for both women and men
[10]

1886
Costa Rica: A public academic educational institution open to women
[22]

France: Married allowed to open a bank account without the consent of her husband
[66]

France: Women eligible to education boards
[67]

Great Britain: Guardianship of Infants Act 1886
Great Britain: Josephine Butler puts a stop to the prostitution reglement.
Guatemala: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Korea: The first educational institution for women, Ewha Womans University
1887
Costa Rica: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Costa Rica: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Mexico: Universities open to women
[68]

USA, Idaho: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, Idaho: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1888
Costa Rica: Married women are allowed to be guardians and execute wills
[22]

Denmark: Fathers are forced to pay support to illegitimate children
[59]

Serbia: Universities open to women
[43]

Spain: Women are allowed to private university degrees by dispensation (Universities fully open to
women in 1910)
[69]

Norway: Legal majority for married women
[25]

Montenegro: Legal majority for unmarried women
[42]

1889
Sweden: Women eligible to boards of public authority such as public school boards, public hospital
boards, inspectors, poor care boards and similar positions
[20]

USA, State of Washington: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, State of Washington: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, State of Washington: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1890
Great Britain: Matrimonial Causes Act 1890
Greece: Universities open to women
[43]

1891
Germany: Women are allowed to attend university lectures, which makes it possible for individual
professors to accept female students if they wish
[55]

Portugal: The first medical university degree is granted to a woman
[70]

Switzerland: Secondary schools open to women
[41]

Switzerland: Trade unions open to women
[33]

USA: Marie Owens hired as a police officer in Chicago.
1893
France: Legal majority for unmarried and separated women
[66]

Great Britain: Married Women's Property Act 1893 grants married women control of property
acquired during marriage.
1894
Poland: Krakw University open to women
[71]

USA, Louisiana: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1895
South Carolina in the United States: Separate economy allowed for married women.
Upper Canada: Women allowed to work as barristers.
[citation needed]

Russia: A Women's medical university are opened, which opens the profession of physician for
women
[10]

Austria-Hungary : Universities open to women
[10]

USA, Utah: Married women granted separate economy
[3]

USA, State of Washington: Married women granted control over their earnings
[3]

USA, State of Washington: Married women granted trade license
[3]

1896
USA : The profession of lawyer opened to both sexes already in 1869, however, the first American
state allowed women to practice law.
1897
France: Both married and unmarried women allowed to act as witness in a civil court and are thereby
acknowledged as an individual in a juridical sense
1898
France: Women eligible to public charity boards
[72]

Haiti: The Medical University accept female students in obstetrics
[24]

1899
Denmark: Legal majority for married women
[59]

Iceland: Legal majority for married women.
[10]

20th century[edit]
19001939[edit]
1900
Belgium: Legal majority for unmarried women
[73]

Egypt: A school for female teachers is founded in Cairo
[74]

France: Women allowed to practice law
[72]

Korea: The post office profession is open to women and thereby open the public work market for
women
[75]

Tunisia: The first public elementary school for girls
[74]

Japan: The first Women's University
[76]

Baden, Germany: Universities open to women
[77]

Sweden: Maternity leave for female industrial workers
[21]

1901
Bulgaria: Universities open to women
[56]

Cuba: Universities open to women
[68]

Denmark: Maternity leave for all women
[59]

Sweden: Women are given four weeks maternity leave.
[39]

1902
China: Foot binding is abolished.
El Salvador: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

El Salvador: Legal majority for married women
[44]

1903
Bavaria, Germany: Universities open to women
[77]

Sweden: Public medical offices open to women
[78]

1904
Mexico: Divorce is legalized.
Nicaragua: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Nicaragua: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Wrttemberg, Germany: Universities open to women
[77]

1905
Iceland: Educational institutions open to women
[10]

Russia: Universities open to women
[10]

1906
Finland (to stand for election).
Honduras: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Honduras: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Honduras: Divorce is legalized
[14]

Korea: The profession of nurse is allowed for women
[75]

Nicaragua: Divorce is legalized
[14]

Sweden : Municipal suffrage, since 1862 granted to unmarried women, granted to married women
[79]

Saxony, Germany: Universities open to women
[77]

1907
France: Married women given control of their income
[80]

France: Women allowed guardianship of children
[72]

Great Britain: Matrimonial Causes Act 1907
Japan: Tohoku University, the first (private) coeducational university.
Norway (to stand for election).
Finland (first female Members of Parliament).
Uruguay: Divorce is legalized
[81]

1908
Belgium: Women may act as legal witnesses in court
[10]

Denmark: Juridical professions of lower rank open to women
[32]

Denmark: Unmarried women are made legal guardian of their children
[59]

Peru: Universities open to women
[82]

Prussia, Alsace-Lorraine and Hesse, Germany: Universities open to women
[77]

1909
Sweden: Women granted eligibility to municipal councils
[79]

Sweden: The phrase "Swedish man" are removed from the application forms to public offices and
women are thereby approved as applicants to most public professions
[78]

Mecklenburg, Germany: Universities open to women
[77]

1910
Ecuador: Divorce is legalized
[14]

Korea: College courses for women (at Ewha Womans University).
1911
Portugal: Civil offices open to women
[70]

Portugal: Legal majority for married women
[70]
(rescinded in 1933)
[83]

Portugal: Divorce legalized
[83]

1913
Japan: Public universities open to women
[51]

Portugal: The first university law degree is granted to a woman
[70]

1914
Russia: Married women allowed their own internal passport
[1]

1917
Cuba: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Cuba: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Netherlands (to stand for election)
Mexico: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Mexico: Divorce legalized
[44]

1918
Cuba: Divorce is legalized
[14]

Nicaragua: The first female obtains a university degree
[61]

Soviet Russia: The first Soviet Constitution explicitly declares the equal rights of men and women.
Thailand: Universities open to women
[84]

1919
Italy: Married women granted separate economy
[40]

Italy: Public offices on lower levels are opened to women
[40]

Great Britain: The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919.
1920
China: The first female students are accepted in the Peking University, soon followed by universities
all over China.
[85]

Canada (to stand for election, with some restrictions/conditions).
Haiti: The apothecary profession open to women
[24]

Korea: The profession of telephone operator, as well as several other professions, such as store
clerks, are open to women
[75]

Portugal: Secondary school open to women
[70]

Sweden: Legal majority for married women and equal marriage rights
[20]

1921
Belgium (to stand for election).
Belgium: The position of mayor, several lower public offices, such as financial adviser, open to
women at local level
[73]

Thailand: Compulsory elementary education for both girls and boys
[84]

1922
Belgium: The profession of lawyer is open to women
[10]

Japan: Women are allowed to be present and political meetings and form political organizations
[86]

1924
Denmark: The first ever female minister in Western Europe is appointed, when Nina Bang is
appointed Minister of Education by Thorvald Stauning.
1925
Chile: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Korea: Professional school for women (at Ewha Womans University).
1926
Argentina: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Turkey: Women are granted legal majority, are admitted to the universities, and the harems and
the veil are abolished.
1927
Mexico: Legal majority for married women
[14]

1928
Mexico: Equal marriage law
[44]

1929
Haiti: The lawyer profession open to women
[24]

1930
Peru: Divorce is legalized
[14]

1931
China: The new Civil Code grant equal inheritance rights, the right for women to choose marriage
partner, equal right to divorce and right to control their own property after divorce
[30]

Spain: Legal majority for married women (rescinded in 1939)
[87]

Spain: Equal right to profession (rescinded in 1939)
[87]

Spain: Divorce is legalized(rescinded in 1939)
[87]

1932
Bolivia: Divorce is legalized
[14]

Colombia: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Colombia: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

1933
Colombia: Universities open to women
[88]

1934
Haiti: The physician profession open to women
[24]

Turkey (to stand for election)
1935
Iran: Women are admitted to Tehran University
[89]

1936
Colombia: The national University open to women
[90]

Iran: Reza Shah Pahlavi set the mandatory unveiling of womena highly controversial policy which
nonetheless was significant for the desegregation of women
[89]

Peru: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

1937
Great Britain: Matrimonial Causes Act 1937
Puerto Rico (to stand for election).
1938
France: Legal majority for married women
[10]

Sweden: Contraception legalized.
[39]

1939
Sweden: Ban against firing a woman for marrying or having children.
[39]

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1942
Russia: Women formally accepted into the military
[1]

Venezuela: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Venezuela: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

1945
'British Guiana'-Guyana (to stand for election)
1946
Burma: Myanmar (to stand for election)
Uruguay: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Uruguay: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

1947
Sweden: Equal salary for both sexes.
[39]

1948
Sweden: Maternity pay.
[39]

1949
Ecuador: Legal majority for married women
[44]

1950
China: Statute grants women equal right to property, to seek divorce and to inheritance.
1953
Mexico (to stand for election)
1958
Sweden: Women allowed to become priests
[20]

1960
Canada (to stand for election, with no restrictions/conditions)
1961
El Salvador (to stand for election)
1962
Brazil: Legal majority for married women
[91]

1963
Guatemala: Legal majority for married women
[44]

Papua New Guinea (to stand for election)
1968
Argentina: Legal majority for married women
[44]

1969
Portugal: Legal majority for married women
[83]

1970
Democratic Republic of the Congo (to stand for election)
Ecuador: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

1971
Switzerland: Women allowed to elect and vote at federal level
[92]

USA: Barring women from practicing law was prohibited in the U.S. in 1971.
[93]

1972
Bolivia: Married women granted separate economy
[44]

Bolivia: Legal majority for married women
[44]

1973
Andorra, San Marino (to stand for election)
USA: Roe v. Wade, right to abortion secured
1975
Great Britain: Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Sweden: The right to abortion is secured
[20]
South Africa and USA.
1978
'Rhodesia'-Zimbabwe (to stand for election)
1979
Chile: Legal majority for married women
[44]

1980
Sweden: Gender discrimination forbidden by law.
[39]

1984
Peru: Legal majority for married women
[44]

1986
Djibouti (to stand for election)
1991
Great Britain: England and Wales: Marital rape was made illegal by the case of R v R.
[94]

21st century[edit]
2002
Great Britain: Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002
2007
New Zealand : Human Rights (Women in Armed Forces) Amendment Act 2007
Emily Davison
Emmiline Pankhurst
Simone De Beauvoir