Gender equality problems have been going on for almost forever now and lots have changed. Although we still have problems today it is nothing like the stuff that women had to deal with before. One example is that women weren't always allowed to vote. Another example, is that girls around the world weren't always allowed to go to school. In fact, some of them still aren't allowed to attend school today.

People didn't start fighting to let women vote until 1848, this took place at Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention and was all organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. After that people from around the country started campaigns and marches to let women vote. One very memorable march was led by Alice Paul. This took place in 1913, and there were 8,000 participants. The march took place on President Woodrow Wilson's Inauguration Day. As a result of all this protesting, on August 18, 1920 a law was passed that women were allowed to vote in the fall elections, which was including the presidential election.

Another big change in gender equality is when girls started going to school. Although most girls are able to go to school now there are definitely some girls who still aren't allowed to go. One very important person when talking about women's rights is Malala Yousafzai. When she was a little girl she went to school for some time but then she wasn't allowed to go anymore. Although Malala wasn't allowed to go to school she was not going to allow that. At a very young age Malala fought for what was wrong, and she is now remembered for her bravery and how she fought for what's right. Because of that at age 17 on October 10, 2014 Malala Yousafzai received a Nobel Peace Prize. Malala Yousafzai was the youngest person ever to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.