Vittoria Colonna represented renaissance ideals because Vittoria Colonna was a well known writer, the first secular woman to achieve a high level of literary status in Italy for venacular production, and her example opened the way for subsequent women writers to publish in all manner of genres. She devoted her later years to religion and literature, Michelangelo called her his "sun of suns" and credited her strength for lifting him closer to God.
Uh no one. The Indus civilization was dated 1500 BCE - 5000 BCE
During World War II, many men were gone fighting in the war. This meant that women had to take jobs that were traditionally occupied by men. Women, as it turns out, as just as smart as men (sarcasm) and women realized that staying home wasn't their only option.