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3 days ago · In late 19th- and early 20th-century America, a new image of womanhood emerged that began to shape public views and understandings of women’s role in society.Identified by contemporaries as a Gibson Girl, a suffragist, a Progressive reformer, a bohemian feminist, a college girl, a bicyclist, a flapper, a working-class militant, or a Hollywood vamp, all of these images came to epitomize the ...
6 days ago · Canada. Canada's first-wave of feminism became apparent in the late 19th century into the early 20th. The build up of women's movements started as consciously raising awareness, then turned into study groups, and resulted into taking action by forming committees. The premise of the movement began around education issues.
1 day ago · For countries that have their origins in self-governing colonies but later became independent nations in the 20th century, the Colony of New Zealand was the first to acknowledge women's right to vote in 1893, largely due to a movement led by Kate Sheppard. The British protectorate of Cook Islands rendered the same right in 1893 as well.
1 day ago · Women artists are taking centre stage in the UK’s exhibition scene this summer. Exciting shows include Turner Prize nominees Heather Philippson and Claudette Johnson, international artists Beatriz Milhazes and Sylvia Snowden, and 20th-century trailblazers Louise Bourgeois, Leonora Carrington, and photographer Franki Raffles.
5 days ago · This is a digital collection of the French Women's Press from the end of the 17th century to the middle of the 20th century. 20th-21st Century See the section Digitized Primary Sources in 20th Century: The Waves of French Feminism for a complete list of digitized and online material from this period.
6 days ago · Women's involvement in the experimental and avant-garde cinema started in the early twentieth century, although it was limited due to the constraints of the social conventions of this period. It was only after the war when women became actively involved in this cinematic genre.
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3 days ago · Join us as we celebrate trailblazing women who have made it possible to say definitively that the future is female! “WOMEN: A Century of Change” boasts more than 100 images drawn from the National Geographic archives and reveals the lives of women from more than 30 countries from the turn of the 20th century until now. These powerful images ...
