Anthony taught school in New Rochelle and Canajoharie, NY, and discovered that male teachers were paid several times her salary. She devoted her first reform efforts to anti-slavery and to temperance, the campaign to curb alcohol. But when she rose to speak in a temperance convention, she was told, "The sisters were not invited here to speak!" That was one of the first steps for the cause of women's rights once there we will see the women through history and how the sexism has been decreased in some countries, but not in others.
To situate this discussion, I will like to look at some of the keywords and phrases in the title of this essay that I feel are problematic. The first is the women who have been received a change in their lifes because of the people who have realized that they can do a worthwhile job, this usually happens in developed countries, in these countries women have almost the same rights than men, I say almost because there are people who think that women never could get and have men's same rights.
Now is time to talk about the unlucky women who were born in third world countries as in Africa or in Asia.
To attempt to talk about women in Africa is indeed an enormous task because they by no means constitute a homogenous class. Africa is a huge continent, the second largest after Asia. It is a continent of numerous people belonging to different ethnic, social and economic groups. It is estimated to be more than three and a half times the size of continental United States, with 54 countries. Roughly 1000 languages are spoken within its borders. It is easy to see therefore, how impossible it will be to cover the entire continent in any depth in one discussion. While it is possible to make some general statements, most cannot be made without exceptions. I have therefore decided to focus on Nigeria, not for any special reason, beyond the fact that it is the country with which I am most familiar.
