•    THE UNITED STATES RATIFIES THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT, GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER AN APPROXIMATE SEVENTY-YEAR BATTLE FOR VOTING RIGHTS BY SUFFRAGISTS.

•    IN 1925, THE FIRST WOMAN’S WORLD’S FAIR, A FAIR RUN ENTIRELY BY WOMEN, WAS HELD IN CHICAGO AND DISPLAYED THE PROGRESS OF IDEAS, WORK, AND INVENTIONS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY WOMEN.

•    THOUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION LEAVES 12 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK, WOMEN MAKE UP 24 PERCENT OF THE LABOR FORCE, MOSTLY AS NURSES, TELEPHONE OPERATORS, AND TEACHERS.

•    WOMEN ENTER THE WORKFORCE AT A RATE TWICE THAT OF MEN BECAUSE EMPLOYERS CAN HIRE THEM AT REDUCED WAGES.

•    DOROTHY THOMPSON, AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST AND RADIO BROADCASTER, IS THE FIRST JOURNALIST TO BE EXPELLED FROM NAZI GERMANY FOR CRITICIZING HITLER AS “THE VERY PROTOTYPE OF THE LITTLE MAN.”

•    LIZZIE MAGIE PHILLIPS INVENTS A BOARD GAME, THE LANDLORD’S GAME, TO CRITIQUE BIG BUSINESS. THE GAME WILL BE RELEASED UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME: MONOPOLY.

•    PEARL S. BUCK, THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE, PUBLISHES HER NOVEL THE GOOD EARTH, A DRAMATIZATION OF FAMILY LIFE IN A CHINESE VILLAGE, AND ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND MINORITY GROUPS.

•    ANNA MAY WONG, THE FIRST CHINESE-AMERICAN MOVIE STAR, PLAYS OPPOSITE MARLENE DIETRICH IN JOSEF VON STERNBERG’S OSCAR-WINNING SHANGHAI EXPRESS.