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.

states

explanation:

as the old saying goes, all politics are local. state and federal governments affect our daily lives in numerous ways. yet, in our federal system, there is supposed to be a balance between federal and state power. as james madison envisioned it in federalist no. 51, “the power surrendered by the people” would be “divided between two distinct governments,” creating a balance of power that would enable the “different governments [to] control each other.”