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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_education#20th_century

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In 1979, Margaret Thatcher was the first British female prime minister elected

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Margaret Thatcher is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, becoming Europe's first female elected head of state.

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Maria Corazon Aquino becomes the first female President of the Philippines and the first female president in Asia.

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https://www.womankind.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/women's-rights/women's-rights-timeline

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Alexandra Kollontai became the first woman ambassador in world history, being appointed from the Soviet Union to Sweden.

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https://prezi.com/xlecfxbqoplo/womens-rights-during-the-cold-war-1949-1991/

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By 1947, all universities in the UK allowed women to receive full degrees . Legislature also was passed in order to further incorporate women into education. For example, the Sex Discrimination Act, passed by the UK Parliament in 1975, banned discrimination based on gender in major institutions like education (Wikipedia).

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https://www.bustle.com/p/heres-how-women-fought-for-the-right-to-be-educated-throughout-history-53150

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In communist countries, women were having abortions to allow for more time to concentrate on their work. This significantly lowered the birth rate in communist countries, leading to Romania banning abortions, and other communist countries considering taking similar steps to increase the birth rate.

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After WWII, Russia emerged as one of the world's most advanced places for women's education (Thorpe). However, with the increase in women's education came a slowdown in birthrates (Ghodsee).

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http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kristenghodsee/files/vb96_lagadinova5.pdf

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While the Soviet Union was making greater efforts to offer socialism as the solution to gender-equality, Western European nations were trying to convince women that "free
markets and open societies would better serve their needs as workers and citizens, igniting a new Cold War front over women’s rights" (Ghodsee).

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West:
1906- Finland
1913- Norway
1915- Denmark
1918-  Austria, Germany, Poland
1921- Sweden
1928- Ireland, Britain
1931- Spain

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Under Gorbachev, the population of the Soviet Union was allowed to more openly express individual opinions. This lack of censorship for all citizens provided women with a platform from which they could assert ideas of social equality.