The women’s rights movement in the United States primarily was primarily focused on securing equality for American females. However, there was always a recognition that the rights and liberties sought in the United States were also applicable to women around the world. By the 1900s, it became increasingly clear that there were deep disparities between the lives and lifestyles of women in the developed world and those in developing nations. By the later years of the twentieth century, female leaders from across the globe embraced the need to link women’s rights with the broader struggle to promote human rights. The phrase “Women’s rights are human rights” emerged in the 1980s as a call to action by feminists to secure equality and freedom for women everywhere.