What Is the Women's Rights Movement?By: Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ Illustrator: Laurie A. Conley Series: What Was? The story of Girl Power! Learn about the remarkable women who changed US history. From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, women were demanding the right to vote. During the 1960s, equal rights and opportunities for women both