28 February 2024

Who ran the world? women

Although there are already records of several protest movements, March 8 is marked on the calendar as an international historical reference for women's achievement of women's equality rights. Relive some of the historic landmarks and be inspired to celebrate and uplift feminism, equality and justice.

Who runs the world? Girls
Discover some curiosities and historical landmarks that celebrate and praise women.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The first woman to be honored at the US Capitol.
The Supreme Court judge died in 2020 at age 87 and was laid to rest in state with a memorial service at the US Capitol. Even before she was on the Supreme Court, Ruth worked to advance equality rights, acting as a voice for all women on both a legal and personal level.
It was at Ginsburg's hand that state-funded schools began to be required to admit women; women were now able to sign a mortgage or bank account without a male co-signer and it became legal to be a female leader. Furthermore, he helped in the fight for equal pay and protection of pregnant women in the workplace, preserved a woman's right to choose and was a key vote in granting homosexual marriages.

Carolina Beatriz Angelo: The first woman to vote in Portugal

Doctor and activist, Beatriz Angelo was the first woman in Portugal to undergo surgery and vote in elections. Angelo began by participating in committees and associations linked to republican ideas and became a leader of the Republican League of Portuguese Women. Despite it being understood that only men could vote, Beatriz found a loophole in the electoral code. This granted the right to vote to people over 21 years of age, resident in national territory, who knew how to read and write and who were heads of families. As a widow, doctor and head of a family, Carolina Beatriz understood that she met all the necessary conditions to be able to vote and was therefore included on the electoral roll.
Despite this, three years later legislation was passed where only men could vote. Female suffrage was only introduced in Portugal in 1932 and with numerous conditions and restrictions that were only removed after the 25th of April.

Emmeline Pankhurst: One of the founders of the British suffrage movement.

The suffrage movement was a movement in women's struggle for the right to vote that took place in several democratic countries at the end of the century. XIX and beginning of the century. XX. This movement represented the first feminist activity in the fight for gender equality.
Emmeline Pankhurst took her first steps into political action. She founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a movement that not only supported women's right to vote, but also defended equal rights in terms of divorce and inheritance. In 1905 the bill for women's suffrage was rejected, so the WSPU organized a demonstration outside Parliament. As a result, a year later the WSPU organization was recognized as a political party.
She was considered one of the most influential women of the century. XX and changed some paradigms at a political and social level.

Marie Curie: pioneer in studies related to radioactivity and the first woman to win a Nobel Prize

Contrary to what was expected at the time when women were raised to be good wives, Maria Salomea Sklodowska focused on her studies and even won two Nobel Prizes. She had many difficulties studying at universities because she was female and ended up looking for a clandestine educational institution.
After so many efforts in the field of science, she was the first woman and the only person to receive the Nobel Prize twice and in different scientific fields. Furthermore, she was also the first woman to be a professor at Paris University and was the first to be buried in the Pantheon in Paris.

Simone de Beauvoir: The second sex

French feminist writer who became known for her work The Second Sex. This book was a fundamental treatise on feminism as it addressed social issues for which there were no words. It had a huge social impact as it addressed taboo topics, of which many feminists of the time were still silent about the fantasies projected onto women's bodies and the importance of this in their asymmetrical social positioning.
The book had such a huge impact that today, 70 years after being published, it is still revolutionary.

Women who made a mark on the world of fashion

Most feminist achievements have been in the world of fashion. If today women have the freedom to dress however they want, it is a consequence of women who fought for equality. More than looks, fashion is a way of expressing a lifestyle, a personality and also a means of protest.
Coco Chanel: Introduced men's pieces into women's high fashion
A celebrated name in the world of fashion, Coco not only changed dress standards with the use of clothes to express, but also introduced so-called menswear pieces into women's high fashion. She was the first designer to launch a perfume, Chanel nº5, still considered a reference today, and even inspired the famous haircut that is still known today as the Chanel cut.

Mary Quant: Introduced the miniskirt and Hot Pants model to women's fashion

Much criticized for her progressive ideals in the fashion world, Mary Quant pioneered the creation of the famous miniskirts and Hot Pants to encourage women to not only show off their legs, but also to promote female independence with new, easy-to-wear pieces. In addition, it is well known for its makeup kit to optimize makeup application in a more efficient and uncomplicated way; he launched the daisy doll that dressed all of his works and even covered and decorated the mini car with his ideals.