Women's Rights in Norway
Category: Other
Updated: 6 Nov 2018
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Created byKatherine Reinhart
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1854-1879
Awakening Consciousness -1854 - women gained right to inheritance1863 - all unmarried women became legally independent; lost if got married1863 - women could own their own business1884 - first formal women's rights organization1888 - marriage rights act; women could keep independence in marriage1869 - women considered an "adult" at 211871 - modern breakthrough; literature demonstrated progress1885 - Association for Votes for Women founded1910 - women granted all civil rights1877 - Ibsen wrote Pillars of Society1901 - women above 25 & certain income could vote in rural areas (local suffrage)1839 - Craft Act1842 - Trade Act - women could trade/provide for selves1884 - University of Oslo fully accessible to women1913 - women could vote in national elections (universal suffrage)1881 - Association Against Public Immorality - against brothels and prostitution1882 - women given access to higher education1916 - women had right to positions in government1920 - principles of equal pay and right to access all jobs in gov't established1842 - abortion no longer a capital offense
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