women's reading
51Reading, Berkshire — Reading   Town Borough   …
52Women's sports — HistoryFor most of human history, athletic competition has been regarded as an exclusively masculine affair. In antiquity, athletic competitions were held among warriors to prove their fighting prowess or otherwise demonstrate their virility. The …
53Women in Yugoslavia — The role of the woman in Yugoslavia changed significantly throughout the twentieth century. Women sought better positions within economic, political, and social realms than they had occupied in the nineteenth century. Were they successful in… …
54Women's rights in Iran — and for Iranian Women s social movement see Women s rights movement in Iran. The Iranian women s movement, also called the Persian women s movement, involves the movement for women s rights and women s equality in Iran. The movement first emerged …
55Women in Christianity — Christian views (attitudes and beliefs) about women vary considerably today as they have throughout the last two millennia, evolving along with or counter to the societies in which Christians have lived. The Bible and Christianity historically… …
56Women in the American Revolution — How it happened The American Revolution happened after Britain placed the Coercive Acts onto the colonies. The Americans responded by forming the Continental Congress and fighting with the British armies. However, the war would not have been able …
57women’s studies — There are several trends in the contemporary cycle of women’s studies in China. One is associated with the All China Women’s Federation (AGWF), a semi governmental organization. In 1979, the first research office of the history of women’s… …
58women and Hinduism — Hinduism, because of its extreme diversity throughout the ages, has encompassed complex systems of thought and social hierarchies, which defy any simple generalizations. This overview of the status and role of women in Hindu India, and of the… …
59Women — As elsewhere in the Western world, the attack on gender as the basis of social, political, economic, and intellectual discrimination began in the Habsburg Empire during the 18th century. Educational reforms in 1774 made education obligatory… …
60Women in the Victorian era — The status of Women in the Victorian Era is often seen as an illustration of the striking discrepancy between England s national power and wealth and what many, then and now, consider its appalling social conditions. Women were seen as pure and… …
