A brief survey of women’s rights from 1945 to 2009

The story of the global struggle for women’s rights since 1945 is just beginning to be told. For a proper understanding of the continuities and changes in the struggle for women’s rights during this period, we need to go back to the League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations. In addition, we need to consider more fully the important role of what are now’ often called “traditional women’s organizations” in advancing women’s rights on the international level, at least until 1975.