The fight for equality in education Although there are certain rights that are undeniable for humans, they are not not always made accessible. This is particularly important for the rights of women who, since the domestication of plants and animals, have been sent to the bottom of society and used to achieve men's goals. One of the ways men have taken power away from women is by taking away their education and, therefore, their ability to develop independently and be. functional parts of society. In her book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi describes the difficulty of growing up as a young girl in Iran, as well as the support her parents gave her. They encouraged her to pursue studies so she could develop her own ideas. Likewise, Margaret Fuller's father emphasized the importance of education and pushed her to study and pursue her knowledge. As a result, these two women used literature to fight for the right to equal education promised by “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Throughout her childhood, Fuller's father worked hard to educate her and make sure she studied. Thanks to this, she received the education that girls of her time lacked. Fuller's father is credited with working hard with her. 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.”). At this time, boys were educated to the same standard as Fuller, but for girls this type of rigorous education was rare. 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 the level of education...... middle of paper ...... be closed. By educating women the same way as men, they will be able to get the same jobs and hopefully the same pay. Margaret Fuller and Marjane Satrapi were encouraged to go against the norm as young girls by pursuing an education that few girls received during that time. This unusual education that they both received, unusual because different from that of other women, allowed them to realize that the education they received was much more than different from that of other women, but also men. Their access to a good education also leads them to fight, ultimately, through literature, to change the inequalities that exist between men and women. Even though educational equality was promised by the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights", inequality within education still exists, even though Satrapi and Fuller worked to eliminate this inequality..