The Movement For Women's Rights In The 1920s

The movement for women's rights in 1920s marked a positive change and some European countries. A look back at this time shows women made great strides in the fight for equality, including women’s suffrage and inroads in equal opportunity in the workplace and education (). In 1904 the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) was formed by British women’s rights activist Millicent Fawcett, American activist Carrie Chapman Catt, and other leading women’s rights activists. These women had the goal of gaining the right to vote, known as suffrage. The women’s suffrage movement was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office. In the mid-19th century, women in several countries most notably, the U.S. and Britain formed organizations