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I don't think women's rights (especially the right to work) have been "hard-fought" in any way.
Sure there have been protests and riots of women who demanded these rights, but that did jack shit to change the situation. What really changed the situation was the insight of capitalists that they could get more workers, and thus more productive ability, if women joined the workforce. All it took for that is to influence the media to make these new policies seem preferable, and the people accepted it.
That's an utterly fucking bizarre position considering that women in the workplace far predate women's rights.
This is, unfortunately, a common libertarian take. The best economic decision says to not discriminate as the more workers you have, the more you produce, thus the free market is what really created these civil rights.
It completely ignores history, but that is a pretty common libertarian take.