The Blue Stockings Society was an informal women's social and educational movement in England, emphasising education and mutual cooperation. It was founded in London by Elizabeth Montagu, Elisabeth Vesey and others as a literary discussion group, a step away from traditional, non-intellectual women's activities. It was the first step of women, choosing education, instead of the luxury and fame.
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. The suffrage movement was a broad one, made up of women and men with a wide range of views. The first country, that succeeded in fighting for this point of democracy and equality, was New Zealand.
Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labor rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay.It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the ender pay gap.
The fact of relatively formalized romantic friendships or life partnerships between women predates the term Boston marriage. The term is said to have been in use in New England. The term Boston marriage became associated with Henry Jame's "The Bostonians", a novel involving a long-term co-habiting relationship between two unmarried women.
