Timeline of Womens Rights (other than voting)

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This page is meant to give a simple survey of the development of gender equality; it does not concentrate merely on the right to vote.

  • 1789 France is the first country in Europe where it is suggested that women are to be allowed to vote; during the Assembly of the Estates, there are several demands to include women in the reforms of the right to vote.
  • 1792 The reformed laws of marriage and divorce greatly favours women's equal rights in France, but all of these laws are abolished by Napoleon Bonapartes Code Napoleon in 1804.
  • 1792 Local women-units of the defense army are founded in several cities of France; although the military was never officially open to women, about eight thousand women were estimated to have served oppenly in the French armé in local troops (but not in the battle fields) between 1792 and 1794, but women were officially barred from the armé in 1795.
  • 1793 The question of women's right to vote is discussed in the French parliament; women's right to vote is acknowledged as a princip, but it is still put aside with the view that the time is not right to make this a reality; and it is therefore postponed.
  • 1821 The first Women's university is founded in the USA.
  • 1833 The first co-educational university open to both sexes is founded in Ohio in the United States.
  • 1839 Married women are allowed separate economy from their husbands in the state of Mississippi in USA.
  • 1841 The first girl school in Bulgaria.
  • 1845 Equal inheritance for sons and daughters, (in the absence of a will) in Sweden.
  • 1848 Separate economy and independence allowed for women in the state of New York in the United States.
  • 1851 Women who fulfil the demands of economic wealth are granted citizenchip in Guatemala.
  • 1857 Women (if unmarried)are declared to be of legal majority in Denmark; no longer minors in law.
  • 1854 Equal inheritance rights in Norway. Married women granted separate economy and legal majority in the state of Massachusetts in USA.
  • 1858 Legal majority for women in Sweden.
  • 1863 Unmarried women in Norway granted legal majority; at the same age as men in 1869.
  • 1864 Legal majority for women in Finland.
  • 1865 Legal majority for unmarried women in Italy is granted by the new constitution. Women are allowed to study in Switzerland.
  • 1867 Women allowed to study in Russia (at the same terms as men in 1905) and in Finland (at same terms in 1901).
  • 1868 The United States formally allows women to study, although several universities had already been open to women earlier.
  • 1870 Legal majority for unmarried women in Great Britain; this law is improved in 1874, 1882, and in 1893. Women allowed to study in Sweden.
  • 1874 The first woman in The Netherlands, Aletta Jacobs is allowed to study medicine. The universities of Italy open to women.
  • 1874 Married women are granted economical equality and legal majority in Sweden. The profession of school- teacher is opened to both sexes in Japan.
  • 1875 Women allowed in the universities of Denmark.
  • 1876 Women formally allowed to study in Great Britain.
  • 1877 Women are allowed to study in Chile.
  • 1878 Equality in inheritance in Finland.
  • 1880 Women are allowed to study in France and in the universities in Belgium, and in Australia and Canada.
  • 1882 Married women of Great Britain are granted separate economy and legal majority. Women are granted legal majority in the USA as a whole.
  • 1883 Coeducation at the universities of Romania.
  • 1884 Universities open to women in Norway, and legal majority is granted to unmarried women in Germany.
  • 1885 Divorce is again allowed in France (after having been abolished since 1814).
  • 1888 In Spain, women are allowed to study with a written approval from a male guardian. Legal majority for married women in Norway.
  • 1895 Separate economy allowed for married women in the state of South Carolina in the United States.
  • 1896 The universities of the double monarchy Austria-Hungary (and thereby also the future Czech Republic and Slovakia) are open to women. The profession of lawyer are opend to both sexes in USA as a whole - but the first female lawyer in an American state was recorded alredy in 1869.
  • 1899 Legal majority for married women in Denmark.
  • 1900 Legal majority for women in Belgium. Girls schools are founded in Egypt and Tunisia and a women's university in Japan. The profession of lawyer are opend to both sexes in France.
  • 1902 Foot-binding are abolished in China, after having handicapped womens feet since ca 1010.
  • 1904 Legal majority for women in France.
  • 1907 The first coeducational university opens in Japan.
  • 1908 Married women in France granted legal majority and economical equality, and the women of all of Germany are allowed to study.
  • 1919 Married women in Italy granted legal majority.
  • 1920 The first female students are accepted in the university of Beijing in China.
  • 1926 Women of Turkey are granted legal majority, are admitted to the universities, and the harems and the veil are abolished.
  • 1931-36 Women in Iran are allowed to study and the veil is abolished.
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