The Beginning of Research

After beginning to research the broad topic of Women's Rights around the world in the early 20th century, I soon realized how truly difficult it would be to narrow what exactly I would study. In addition, I also noticed how difficult it would be to find information on the topic and its impact in society outside of the United States. For example, after typing "Women's Rights in the early 1900s" in the google searchbar, I found only women's rights pages pertaining to America, thus making the search or information much more difficult. However, after gleaning this information, I learned how I would have to research, and began to search for women's history in specific regions of the world. Knowing already some information about women in the middle east, I decided to search for women's history in Africa. Information on women's rights in Africa was hard to find at first, but after looking through a few pages I was able to learn some interesting facts. For example, between 1904 and 1906 in Egypt, government officials went against Muslim calls against the emancipation of women, and they attempted to form their own liberal society. Finding more interest in this region, I also learned that Egypt was possibly the most active country in women's rights movements during the early 20th century. Egyptian women were led by activists such as Huda Sharawi (1879–1947), and their efforts were often displayed in old Egyptian art.
Although researching was frustrating at times, I learned how to better narrow my search in order to find reliable and quality information. Some sites that I believe will help in the future are listed below:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/nfe/ht11nfe.htm

http://www.legacy98.org/

http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm