The Modern Woman's Rights Movement: A Historical Survey

The book traces the international development of the woman’s rights movement from early protests to organized national and transnational bodies, describing the formation and roles of National Councils of Women, the International Council of Women, and the International Woman’s Suffrage Alliance. It outlines core demands — equal educational opportunity, freedom to choose occupations with equal pay, legal personhood and reforms in civil and criminal law, political enfranchisement, and recognition of domestic and social work — and surveys regional variations, middle-class origins, and recent statistical and organizational developments up to the early twentieth century.