Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 02/26/2010

How Far We’ve Come: College

It’s true- when people ask if we still need feminism I get really indignant and start yelling at them that of course we do, why a perfect example is last week when you told me to go make you a sandwich. But it’s sort of a victory as well, that people see the world, or at least America, as having come a long way.

And we have come a long way. But a lot of that was only in the past 100 years, which, in the scheme of things, is a ridiculously short time.

Consider education. It’s second semester of my junior year, so I’m feeling the college pressure right now. As I type, my College Board approved SAT Practice Book is sitting next to me. And yet, for all …

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Feminism | Posted by Julie Z on 03/4/2009

How Far We’ve Come- Politics

The actual list of women in global politics is longer, but here are some highlights:

1920- That’s the year we (American women) got to vote. 89 years ago.

1966- India – Indira Gandhi is the first Prime Minister of India

1969- Israel- Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister

1974- Argentina- Maria Estela Martinez de Peron becomes first woman President of Argentina and first female head of state in the Americas

1979- Bolivia- Lidia Geiler first woman elected President

1988- Pakistan – Benazir Bhutto first woman elected Prime Minister (first woman elected to lead a Muslim country)

1990- Ireland- Mary Robinson first woman elected President

1990- Haiti-  Ertha Pascal-Trouillot first woman elected president

1991- France- Edith Cresson is the first woman Prime Minister

1993- Rwanda- Agathe Uwilingiyimana first woman …

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