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Women in society. The evolution and history of European women coincide with the evolution and the history of Europe itself. According to the Catalyst, 51.2% of the population of the European Union in 2010 is composed of women (in January 2011, the population of the EU was at 502,122,750). [1]
Three former sovereign states had a female head of state or government in the 20th century: East Germany, Tannu Tuva and Yugoslavia. The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who ...
The following is an incomplete list of women monarchs who are well known from popular writings, although many ancient and poorly documented ruling monarchs (such as those from Africa and Oceania) are omitted. Section 1 lists monarchs who ruled in their own right, such as queens regnant. Section 2 lists legendary monarchs.
List of women explorers and travelers. English writer Gertrude Bell in Iraq, 1909. Belgian Berthe Cabra. Japanese climber Junko Tabei. Hungarian geographer Béláné Mocsáry. Canadian-born Aloha Wanderwell. The women listed below are or were explorers or world travelers. They include naturalists, sailors, mountain climbers, dog sledders ...
Candidate Member of the Politburo – Elena Stasova – 1919. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1924 [519] Deputy minister (Commissar) of Education – Nadezhda Krupskaya – 1929 [519] People's Commissar of Finance – Vavara Nikoleavna Iakovleva – 1929.
The followed is a list of interdisciplinary female writers of the 19th century: Kate Greenaway: writer, and illustrator, author (writer and designer) of two children's book illustrations; Marigold Garden (1875) and Under the Window (1879). Kate Bunce: was an English painter and poet associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
S. Sammarinese women in politics (3 C, 4 P) Scottish women in politics (6 C, 22 P) Serbian women in politics (6 C, 41 P) Slovak women in politics (7 C, 1 P) Slovenian women in politics (5 C, 2 P) Soviet women in politics (2 C, 124 P) Spanish women in politics (9 C, 44 P) Swedish women in politics (6 C, 7 P)
Women in the Middle Ages. Women in the Middle Ages in Europe occupied a number of different social roles. Women held the positions of wife, mother, peasant, artisan, and nun, as well as some important leadership roles, such as abbess or queen regnant. The very concept of women changed in a number of ways during the Middle Ages, [ 2] and several ...