Women's rights movement
The women's rights movement is a feminist movement, where women act to get what men have but what women have been denied. The women's rights movement has fought for things such as letting women vote, giving women access to jobs (such as doing construction work) that only men were allowed to do before, and even the right to same-sex marriage. Women and men can both stand for this movement. Women's rights leaders such as Susan B. Anthony encouraged many women to join the women's rights movements. In different societies throughout history, women have had different amounts of rights. The movement fighting for women's rights to vote is called women's suffrage. While there has been a ton of progress, many countries still do not allow women to vote, among other basic rights.[source?]
Women's Rights Movement Media
Annie Kenney and Christabel Pankhurst campaigning for women's suffrage
Ancient Sumerian bas-relief portrait depicting the poet Enheduanna
Women working alongside a man at a dye shop (fullonica), on a wall painting from Pompeii
Bronze statuette of a young woman reading (latter 1st century)
Couple clasping hands in marriage, idealized by Romans as the building block of society and as a partnership of companions who work together to produce and rear children, manage everyday affairs, lead exemplary lives, and enjoy affection
Foot binding, a practice commonly inflicted on Chinese women between the 10th century and the early 20th century. The image shows an X-ray of two bound feet.
Dahomey Amazons were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Women performing tasks during the Middle Ages
Royal women's activities in the Middle Ages
.jpg)
.jpg)
Related pages
- Gender equality
- UN Women
- Human rights
- International Women's Day
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Olympe de Gouges
- Universal suffrage
