World War IMabel St. Clair Stobart overcame the resistance of men who claimed that women had no place on the battlefield. She led teams of female doctors and nurses in both the First Balkan War and World War I, and was the first woman to hold the rank of major in a national army. ...
effort,movement- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort...
Women's suffrage: New ZealandWomen voters in Tahakopa, New Zealand, after the country became the first to grant women's suffrage, 1893. 2 of 2 Women's suffrage: AustraliaWomen voting for the first time in a Queensland state election, Australia, 1907. ...
Inside India's first dog hotel French First Lady reveals official name for first panda born in France as Yuan Meng Power walker: 5-year-old boy walks with portable exoskeleton for disabled children Have you heard of the 'World Santa Clauses Summit' ? 19th century 'Devil's Bridge' uses its...
摘要: A sisterhood of suffering and service : women and girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the First World War edited by Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw UBC Press, c2012关键词:Fielding Music Eighteenth century Morality 出版时间: 2012
Their enactment in separate treaties reflected a Cold War split among states, with the United States being one of only a handful of countries that still has not ratified the ICESCR. The first type, civil rights, comprises the right to justice and equality before the law and freedom of person...
1962: In the Bahamas,women over 21 years vote for the first time. 1963: Women in Morocco, Congo, theIslamic Republic of Iran, and Kenya gain suffrage. 1964: Sudan adopts women's suffrage. 1965: Women gain full suffrage in Afghanistan, Botswana, and Lesotho. ...
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War always has a great influence on a country and the people that fight in it. This was also the case for Canada, when England declared its entrance into World War 1 in August, 1914 . Thousands of men enlisted during the first days of war, ready to fight and die for their homeland...
4) As the first female historian, a woman who was educated and held even in her own time in high esteem, she has become important to women today recovering their past contributions which too often have been ignored. See our Biography of Anna ComnenaBack...