The Women’s College of Pennsylvania, US opened – making it the 2nd female medical school in America.
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving women the right to vote.
Milton S. Hershey founded Hershey's Chocolate Company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US.
The Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper 'New York Amsterdam News.'
Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
New York City passed a law prohibiting women from smoking in public places.
