The first marked the reaction of women, belated but strong, and at last successful in realization of purpose, to the eighteenth Century demand for the recognition of human rights regardless of color, sex, or previous condition of servitude.

The second was a reaction of social sympathy and a growing sense of social responsibility for the better development of the common life.

These two movements so worked together that as women marched toward the citadel of political power and responsibility, political action became more and more permeated by forms of social interest in which women were already alert, and by forms of social activity in which women were already proficient.

This is particularly noticeable in the United States.

For example, in our country we have changed the common point of view and the general governmental approach to individual and private life in the following important particulars: 1.