The Progression of Women’s Rights in Film In 1848 the world’s first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. It took over 70 years for women to be granted the right to vote with the nineteenth amendment. During the late 1930’s Eleanor Roosevelt revitalized the Women’s Rights Movement and from then on women have made continual and progressive steps towards equality. The cause of this increased advocating of women’s …showed first 75 words of 1308 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1308 total…more women are found in fields that were previously reserved for men. A lot can be learned about a particular time of this century by closely examining the Hollywood films from those days. Here the development and progression of women’s rights in real life is also observed in selected screenplays. Hollywood initially depicted women as unskilled and dependent; however, over the years this image has evolved, conforming to the modern working and independent woman.