Global Women\'s History Political Science

¶ … GLOBAL WOMEN'S HISTORY

Political Science

Timeline of a Global Women's History

Timeline of a Global Women's History

Events as a Timeline

Harvard Law School, in Cambridge Massachusetts, begins admitting women to their programs.

Valentina Tereshkova is the first female cosmonaut and is the first woman to enter space.

In the United States Supreme Court, there is a case, Griswold v. State of Connecticut, where the ruling is that laws prohibiting the use of contraception are unconstitutional.

Indira Ghandi becomes the first female Prime Minister of India.

Timeline Commentary

Harvard is internationally renowned with a reputation for being a university with a caliber of education and student body that is among the finest and highest quality around the world. It was founded in the first half of the 18th centuries, as one of the oldest universities in the United States. Originally, women were not admitted to Harvard and later on, Radcliffe, the college for women was established. More than a century later, women are finally admitted into their law program, which is one of several of Harvard's most prestigious divisions. Many of the greatest and most influential minds study and attend universities such as Harvard, including people who have the mental and physical capacity to leave the Earth and enter space.

The United States is an influential country in many ways, including with respect to attitudes and culture. Therefore, if American women are entering the most elite programs at the most elite schools, then to keep up, other countries, such as Russia, a once fierce competitor with the U.S., would begin training the finest female minds at their top universities, too. "The Space Race" of the 1960s was mainly between the U.S. And the former U.S.S.R. As women become more educated and gain rare opportunities to profoundly change and expand their perspectives, such as the view of Earth from space, more women will become aware and organized regarding the ways they are institutionally subordinated and restricted, fundamentally with respect to their bodies and the law. With enough support and the right combination/condition of circumstances, women organized, fought, and won for legal protection regarding contraception and prophylactics.

In some cases/countries, there are societies that are able to see past or through gender bias and gender prejudice in order to do what is best for that country, including choosing the best leadership, which eventually included women.