Women’s Rights
Definition
Women's rights refer to the social and legal entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. In the United States, this movement has fought for issues like voting rights (suffrage), equal pay, reproductive rights, and more.
Analogy
Think of women's rights as a game of Monopoly where initially only men were allowed to play. The women's rights movement is like a rule change that allows everyone, regardless of gender, to participate equally in the game.
Related terms
Suffrage: The right or privilege of casting a vote at a public election.
Equal Pay Act: A 1963 United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex.
19th Amendment: An amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopted in 1920 that guarantees all American women the right to vote.
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