EVENTS TIMELINE
1800's
1841
Oberlin Collegiate Institute is the 1st co-ed college in the U.S. to award degrees to women
1848
NY legislature passed a bill allowing married women to own real estate in their own names
1848
Mott & Stanton begin Women's Rights Annual Convention
1869
1st Woman to become a licensed lawyer in U.S. (Iowa)
1893
New Zealand is the 1st nation to grant women full voting rights


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