What are some of the rights given to women in early Islam?

Answer 1

the right to vote

the right to divorce a husband

the right to work

the right to be treated equal to men

the right to choose whomever they wanted

This above answer is a fantasy.

Nobody voted in early Islam, man or woman, in any sense that modern people would recognise.

Muslim women did have the right of divorce, but so did pre-Islamic Arabian women, so this was not a new right.

Muslim women did have the right to work, but so did pagan women in Arabia, so this was nothing new. The major difference was that Islam made it more difficult for women to do certain kinds of work, as Islamic law forbade women to leave the house without permission. For example, it would have been difficult for a Muslim woman in the 630s to work as a merchant, as Khadija had done in the 590s.

Islamic law has never treated women as equal to men. For example, a woman's witness is worth half a man's; a daughter inherits half of a son's share; men may commit polygyny but women may not commit polyandry; men may beat their wives and wives must obey their husbands. Of course, some societies treated women as even less than half a man, so Islam was certainly an improvement on this. But "half" is not the same as "equal".

Islamic law does not allow a woman to choose "whomever she wants" as a husband. Her husband must be a Muslim, he must not be a slave if she is free, and her guardian must consent. It is true, however, that Islam technically forbids forced marriage - a woman need not accept her father's choice of bridegroom.