The political upheaval that occurred during China during the past hundred years is described in the first- hand accounts presented in Jung Chang’s work, “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”. This book demonstrates that the rights provided to the women described during this period by the government were constantly limiting, where on the other side of the globe the women in the United States were privileged to have ever- increasing rights and liberties. This paper explores the book “Wild Swans” in respect to the rights that were given to women in China and compares and contrasts these rights to those of American women during the same time period.