When Hobby was in high school, she was a member of the Girl Scouts and she assisted the homeland defense in March 1917, at the start of World War I. “During the war, Girl Scouts sold war bonds, collected peach pits for use in gas mask filters, and learned how to save food. During World War I, the women's rights movement was put on hold…When women got the right, Effie was 23, and she made sure that she would vote” (“Effie Hobby’s Story”). This demonstrates how women were treated unfairly due to their gender because women in the early 20th century wanted to help people going through the war. But, even after women protested and fought for the right to vote, as they deserved, their movement was put on hold. The women thought that this was completely unfair, but later they finally achieved what they were fighting for. After women in America got their right to vote for government officials, Pakistani women were suffering through somewhat of the same …show more content…
After seventy-two days in jail, Loujain and Maysaa were finally released from their detention home, “Women in the country continue to live under male guardianship rules and are forbidden from driving. Saudi Arabia is the only country that forbids women drivers. Despite the fact that no law explicitly prohibits women from driving in Saudi Arabia, the government has refused to grant them licenses” (Al Omran). This proves that women are discriminated against because it is allowed for women the drive in every other country except Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian government believes that women should not be trusted with the responsibility of driving, since they believe men are superior, so they usually do the cooking and cleaning at home. Women in Saudi Arabia cannot drive and are unable to do other things like enter a cemetery or go anywhere without a male chaperone in their country which are legal in other