1.   The title had been in her family for generations, and her family appealed against the early Middle Ages ruling which bans women from being Freemen.

2.   Afghanistan is run by a medieval Taliban theocracy that bans women from working or going to school.

3.   But both programs have been effectively closed by a Taliban decree banning women from working.

4.   But not all women were banned.

5.   Contrary to the myth, Israel bans women from combat positions.

6.   It took Locke-Ober, the most venerable restaurant in town, to think of banning women.

7.   It was not clear whether the statement banning women from pastoring implicitly accepts women as being ordained for other pastoral roles such as chaplains.

8.   It was a ceremony so emotional that the local custom banning women from funerals was set aside by a village decision.

9.   Last week, an Associated Press story out of Phoenix reported that several private clubs in Arizona still ban women from prime tee times during the weekend.

10.   Later, Taliban laws banned women from attending classes or teaching, and even education for boys ground to a halt.