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Women's Rights in Norway
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Katherine Reinhart
⟶ Updated 6 months ago ⟶
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1854-1879 Awakening Consciousness -
1854 - women gained right to inheritance
1863 - all unmarried women became legally independent; lost if got married
1863 - women could own their own business
1884 - first formal women's rights organization
1888 - marriage rights act; women could keep independence in marriage
1869 - women considered an "adult" at 21
1871 - modern breakthrough; literature demonstrated progress
1885 - Association for Votes for Women founded
1910 - women granted all civil rights
1877 - Ibsen wrote Pillars of Society
1901 - women above 25 & certain income could vote in rural areas (local suffrage)
1839 - Craft Act
1842 - Trade Act - women could trade/provide for selves
1884 - University of Oslo fully accessible to women
1913 - women could vote in national elections (universal suffrage)
1881 - Association Against Public Immorality - against brothels and prostitution
1882 - women given access to higher education
1916 - women had right to positions in government
1920 - principles of equal pay and right to access all jobs in gov't established
1842 - abortion no longer a capital offense
