Important facts for Women's History Month
Woman's Day has compiled a list of 25 important and not widely known facts about women's rights and achievements over the decades.
Did you know that it wasn't until 1965 that all women could vote in America?
15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat nine months before Rosa Parks.
1961 saw the first woman complete and pass astronaut testing but John Glenn opposed her.
Marie Curry was the first woman to receive two Noble Prizes.
Learn more about these and other women's history facts at
https://www.womansday.com/life/a34908026/womens-history-month-facts/
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Slipstream
I'm embarrassed to say I was woefully ignorant of many of these facts, and I greatly appreciate the schooling.
Ixodes
I only knew the Marie Curie fact.
Slipstream
Glad to know I'm not alone :)
Evangel
It was in the late 1500s where Shakespeare wrote "Taming of the Shrew," a misogynistic play about making a strong-headed woman obedient, compliant, and sexy. Hollywood adapted the theme several times, then released the Stepford Wives in 1975 and, subsequently, countless other films depicting intelligent, capable women as threats to the status quo. Rather than teaching men how to dominate women through such films, Hollywood could elevate the women in this article to bring forth a more enlightened and truthful narrative about women.
Thank you for sharing this. With misogyny quickening throughout the world along with legislation that robs women of equal rights and dignity, more articles like this are seriously needed.