Comments on: Basic Things American Women Take for Granted http://www.shebytes.com/2011/07/27/basic-things-american-women-take-for-granted/ Tech Blog: Technology trends for men and women, from a woman’s perspective. Renee Schmidt, editor. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renee Schmidt http://www.shebytes.com/2011/07/27/basic-things-american-women-take-for-granted/#comment-375 Renee Schmidt Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:18:14 +0000 http://www.shebytes.com/?p=2446#comment-375 Give it another 25 years, lol. Sad but true. Give it another 25 years, lol. Sad but true.

]]> By: cathy http://www.shebytes.com/2011/07/27/basic-things-american-women-take-for-granted/#comment-369 cathy Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:26:37 +0000 http://www.shebytes.com/?p=2446#comment-369 These are good points... It's strange how women's rights have gone up and down over time. In the Ancient World, Egyptian women were allowed to own their own property as were women in various countries of medieval Europe (explaining a lot of 'forced' marriages when women inherited property from parents or recently dead husbands). Yet, Joan of Arc led an army in France, and Leif Erickson's sister, Freydis Ericsdottir was captain of her own ship and just as adventurous, and famous, as her brother at the time. (And more feared - she killed her husband for cheating on her.) In Canada, women weren't allowed to attend university until about 1920. And while they won the right to attend university, the institutions tried to keep them out by refusing to turn any of the washrooms into Ladies' Rooms. (I think the first female graduated university in 1923). In spite of all our modern 'wins,' our public school system is still refusing to teach history that includes women. All scientific discoveries were made by men, all historically significant things were done by men, and all inventions were created by men - according to what they teach in school. So sad.... These are good points… It’s strange how women’s rights have gone up and down over time. In the Ancient World, Egyptian women were allowed to own their own property as were women in various countries of medieval Europe (explaining a lot of ‘forced’ marriages when women inherited property from parents or recently dead husbands).

Yet, Joan of Arc led an army in France, and Leif Erickson’s sister, Freydis Ericsdottir was captain of her own ship and just as adventurous, and famous, as her brother at the time. (And more feared – she killed her husband for cheating on her.)

In Canada, women weren’t allowed to attend university until about 1920. And while they won the right to attend university, the institutions tried to keep them out by refusing to turn any of the washrooms into Ladies’ Rooms. (I think the first female graduated university in 1923).

In spite of all our modern ‘wins,’ our public school system is still refusing to teach history that includes women. All scientific discoveries were made by men, all historically significant things were done by men, and all inventions were created by men – according to what they teach in school. So sad….

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