Women’s Emancipation Movements in the Nineteenth CenturyThe nineteenth century, a time of far reaching cultural, political, and socio economic transformation in Europe, brought about fundamental changes in the role of women. Women achieved this by fighting for their rights in the legal, economic, and political spheres. In the various parts of Europe, this process went forward at a different pace and followed different patterns. Most historical research up to now has ignored this diversity, preferring to