This paper focuses on the concept of women in during the past and presence. Women have struggled for equal rights since ancient times. The earliest recorded civilization was in China and the ancient Chinese were strongly family-based (as they traditionally are), the family being an all-important and even considered sacred social unit. The oldest male member headed the family and the woman, like the children, was obliged to obey the male leader. From ancient times to the present, women all over the world have become more and more educated, conscious of themselves and what they can become, not as vassals, but as co-equal partners of men.
