The fight for equality in educationAlthough there are some rights that are undeniable for human beings, it is not always the case that they are made available. This is particularly important for the rights of women, who since the domestication of plants and animals have been relegated to the lowest strata of society and used to fulfill men's goals. One of the ways men have disempowered women has been by taking away their education and, as a result, their ability to independently develop and be. functional parts of society. In her book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi described the difficulty of growing up as a young girl in Iran, as well as the support she was given by her parents. They encouraged her to continue her studies so that she could develop her own ideas. Similarly, Margaret Fuller's father emphasized the importance of education and pushed her to study and pursue knowledge. Consequently, both of these women used literature to fight for the right to equality in education promised by the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. Throughout her childhood Fuller's father worked hard to educate her and ensure she studied. For this she was given the education that girls of her time lacked. Fuller's father is credited with working her hard. Reuben says, “Fuller's upbringing was unusual only because she was a girl. She was provided with a 'rigorous but severe model of intellectual achievement'” (Reuben, “Chapter 4: Margaret Fuller.”). Boys during this period were educated to the same standard as Fuller, but for girls this type of rigorous education was a rarity. Girls were not encouraged to study, they were encouraged to marry. Even though Fuller was encouraged to study by her father, there were still clearly evident differences between education... middle of paper... being closed. By educating women the same way as men, they will be able to get the same jobs and hopefully the same pay. Both Margaret Fuller and Marjane Satrapi were encouraged to go against the norm when they were girls, pursuing an education that few girls received at the time. This unusual education received by both, unusual because it was different from that of other women, allowed them to realize that the education they received was far beyond the simple difference from that of other women, but also of men. Their access to a good education also led them to fight, through literature, to change the inequality that exists between men and women. Even though equality in education was promised by the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, inequality in education still exists, even though Satrapi and Fuller worked to eliminate this inequality.