Women's rights movement Definition, Leaders, Overview, History

Women’s rights movement, diverse social movement, largely based in the United States, that in the 1960s and ’70s sought equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women. It coincided with and is recognized as part of the ‘second wave’ of feminism.

Women Strike for Equality - Women & the American Story

7 Things You Might Not Know About the Women's Suffrage Movement

Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women's Suffrage - Bill of Rights Institute

Women's Day Special: Are Women Charged More for Car Repairs?, car repair

Voting Rights for Women, The Right to Vote, Elections, Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

Women's Rights Leaders 1800-1900 - Women's Rights National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

The Civil Rights Movement, The Post War United States, 1945-1968, U.S. History Primary Source Timeline, Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

Feminism and Women's Rights Movements - Gender Matters

UN Women Timeline: Women of the world, unite!

Elizabeth Cady Stanton National Women's History Museum

The feminist movement has changed drastically. Here's what the movement looks like today - ABC News