تلخیص
Oscillating between more and fewer, women’s problems are universal in nature and, are found in all societies since the genesis of human civilization. Women’s struggles in diverse societies could be mirrored across times, cultures, nationalities, religions and geographies etc. to contribute a global change to their position. Viewing the U.S. womens’ movement from a Pakistani perspective, this trans-historical article reviews the evolution of the womens’ rights movement in the U.S. during the late 19th and early 20th Century, and the emergence of contemporary womens’ rights movement in Pakistan. Though there are countries that conferred fundamental rights on their women prior to the U.S., the latter outshines them in terms of the length and intensity of womens’ struggle whose match is hard to be found elsewhere. In the upshot of a remarkable transformation, the post-bellum U.S. introduced a novel way of life that had challenges for everybody—particularly women. Going all the way through a desperate struggle for their social, personal, sexual, economic, and—above all—political rights, the new woman surfaced strong, determined, self-reliant and professional. This comparative overview stresses the gradual and incomplete nature of the American womens’ rights movement and considers how emerging Pakistan womens’ activists might, like the American women, draw upon elements of their own culture to argue for improved status and greater autonomy