The movement in the United States was characterised in its individual focus and hope for a change in mentality, whilst in Iceland women hoped that with a mass outpouring from this movement it would lead to administrative changes.
Byltingin meðal bandarískra kvenna einkenndist að miklu leyti af einstaklingsbundnum frásögnum með von um hugarfarsbreytingar almennings, á meðan konur á Íslandi stigu fram í sameiningu með von um breytingar á stjórnkerfi landsins.