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2 days ago · The second wave of feminism sought to highlight race and class within the feminist struggle, in a manner that was not acknowledged during the first wave. In the United States, the second wave coincided with the Civil Rights movement.
1 day ago · The “wave” metaphor is employed here to reflect the existence of mass-based feminist movements that, like waves, “ebb and flow, rise and decline, and crest in some concrete, historical accomplishments or defeats” (Mann and Huffman 2005:58) – a “first wave” originating in the nineteenth century that sought formal civic equality for ...
Sep 23, 2021 · The First Wave: Suffrage Plus Abolition. Public Domain. via Wikimedia Commons. At first, the fight for suffrage was interwoven with other socially progressive movements of the late 19th century, like the fight to abolish slavery.
5 days ago · In reaction and opposition to stereotypical images of women as passive, weak, virginal, and faithful, or alternatively as domineering, demanding, slutty, and emasculating, the third wave redefined women and girls as assertive, powerful, and in control of their own sexuality.
3 days ago · The first wave of feminism petered out in the 1920s. After gaining suffrage, the political activities of women generally subsided or were absorbed in the main political parties. In the 1920s they paid special attention to such issues as world peace and child welfare.
3 days ago · First-wave feminists, mainly active from the mid-1800s to early 1900s, tackled these fundamental injustices. Leaders like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton tirelessly fought for the right to vote – finally achieved with the 19th amendment in 1920.
1 day ago · Intersectionality broadens the scope of the first and second waves of feminism, which largely focused on the experiences of women who were white, middle-class, to include the different experiences of women of color, poor women, immigrant women, and other groups.
