About the Book: Women Rights Violation vs.Restoration
Womens rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of
many societies worldwide. Although males seem to have dominated in many ancient
cultures, there are some exceptions. During the 19th century some women began to
ask for, demand, and then agitate and demonstrate for the right to vote, the
right to participate in their government and its law making. In the subsequent
decades womens rights again became an important issue in the English speaking
world. By the 1960s the movement was called feminism. In 1946 the United Nations
established a Commission on the Status of Women. The