CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The landmark moments in the history of women are well-known and widely recognized: 1848 (the Seneca Falls Convention that challenged the prevailing status of women); 1920 (the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the vote); 1972 (Title IX, banning sex-based discrimination in activities underwritten by the federal government); and 1973 and 2022 (the creation of abortion rights and the overturning of Roe v. Wade).
The one that is forgotten — the one that first liberated and then confined women — is 1868. That's when the first commercial typewriter was patented.
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