Fight+For+the+Rights+of+Women+-+Tara+Aguiar

The fight for the rights of women over time has established a base ground in which women have taken the steps in which to form equal rights and equality throughout the world. It has established traditions in which women are free to choose what they want to achieve, work their way up the ‘ladder’ to a better position and have the right to vote and expect the same rights as others without discrimination of gender, age or race. It was difficult at the beginning, men were used to women staying at home, making their lives easier while they went out to be the ‘breadwinner’ of the family. In present days, the roles seem to be beginning to reverse or families are taking equal roles in both the workplace and at home. Women are now aware that the ‘glass ceiling’ which we have been trying to penetrate for years was just a barrier put up by ourselves, stopping us from achieving higher than what we and others expect of us yet are easily within reach. Women such as Hillary Clinton and Eleanor Roosevelt showed us that we are able to extent to that point and grasp the equality within our hands.
 * Date || Event || Description ||
 * 1718 || Sweden || Female taxpaying members of city are allowed to vote in local elections and general elections ||
 * 1893 || New Zealand || women won the right to vote ||
 * 1920 || USA || the 19th Amendment changed to allow women the right to vote ||
 * 1946 || USA || Eleanor Roosevelt elected chairperson of the UN human rights commission ||
 * 1994 ||  || violence against women act passes ||
 * 2000 || USA || Hillary Clinton becomes the first former First Lady elected Senator ||
 * 2008 - present day || USA || Hilary Clinton became the first woman to run for presidency ||