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8th March 1910: First female pilot’s license awarded to French actress Raymonde de Laroche

8th March 2020
Tagged as: Aircraft, Equality, Flight, France, Raymonde de Laroche, Women

Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a Parisian plumber.

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8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

8th December 2019
Tagged as: Charles II, Culture, Drama, Equality, Gender, Restoration, Shakespeare, Theatre, Women

Theatre in England had been banned by the Puritan Long Parliament in 1642 but, following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, the ban was lifted.

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28th November 1893: New Zealand women vote for the first time in a national election

28th November 2019
Tagged as: Election, New Zealand, Politics, Suffrage, Vote, Women, Women's Suffrage

Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.

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18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

18th August 2019
Tagged as: Constitution, Suffrage, United States, USA, Women, Women's Suffrage

The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing all American women the right to vote.

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7th August 1909: Alice Ramsey makes the first female transcontinental car journey

7th August 2019
Tagged as: Automobile, New York, San Francisco, United States, USA, Women

Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San Francisco.