How has our view of human rights has changed over the past few hundred years?

The last 100 years saw many changes in the way of human rights.

Widespread women's suffrage, the end of segregation in the United States, and regulations on working conditions are a few examples.

The gay rights movement in the United States has seen huge progress in the last century.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first woman to be elected head of government in the world in 1960 in Sri Lanka.