Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades, ending with the feminist sex wars...

Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began in the early 1990s, gaining prominence in the decades leading up to the fourth wave. Grounded in...

This is a Timeline of second-wave feminism, from its beginning in the mid-twentieth century, to the start of Third-wave feminism in the early 1990s. Enovid...

politics. Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism. As of 2023...

Fourth-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began around the early 2010s and is characterized by a focus on the empowerment of women, the use of...

First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It...

The emergence of second-wave feminism was a key component of feminism in Germany. The second wave (emerging during the first half of the 20th century)...

suffrage Second-wave feminism (1960s–1980s) broadened debate to include cultural inequalities, gender norms, and the role of women in society Third-wave feminism...

Feminism in France is the history of feminist thought and movements in France. Feminism in France can be roughly divided into three waves: First-wave...

wing of second-wave feminism and that calls for a radical reordering of society to eliminate patriarchy. Liberal, socialist, and radical feminism are sometimes...

waves of feminism which were seen as centered around the empowerment of white middle-class women in Western societies. While the term white feminism is...

argument used as a rallying slogan by student activist movements and second-wave feminism from the late 1960s. In the feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s...

second-wave feminism made it possible to reclaim aspects of femininity that were seen as disempowering, like make-up or stilettos. Lipstick feminism is...

their own communities as well as for larger social change. The first wave of feminism in Canada occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This...

Vatican), The Second Sex is regarded as a groundbreaking work of feminist philosophy, and as the starting inspiration point of second-wave feminism. Beauvoir...

Civil War encouraged tomboyism. While first wave feminism mainly focused on women's suffrage, second wave feminism expanded the discussion of gender inequality...

Anarcha-feminism, also known as anarchist feminism or anarcho-feminism, is a system of analysis which combines the principles and power analysis of anarchist...

marital freedoms. Second-wave feminism attempted to further combat social and cultural inequalities. Although the first wave of feminism involved mainly...

feminism, femininity and popular culture. The term is sometimes confused with subsequent feminisms such as fourth-wave feminism, postmodern feminism,...

3D digital file of her vulva. Works created since the advent of second-wave feminism circa 1965 range from large walk-through installations (Niki de Saint...

Sex-positive feminism, also known as pro-sex feminism, sex-radical feminism, or sexually liberal feminism, is a feminist movement centering on the idea...

changing laws relating to divorce and care and maintenance of children. Second-wave feminism began in the early 1960s and inspired women to look at the sexist...

Womyn-born womyn (WBW) is a term developed during second-wave feminism to designate women who were assigned female at birth, were raised as girls, and...

the role of Black women in Black nationalism, gay liberation, and second-wave feminism. Alice Walker, bell hooks, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Angela Davis, and Patricia...

to determine how they could form relationships and families. With second-wave feminism and the growth of scholarship in women's history and sexuality in...

widely credited with starting the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States. Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought...

Latin American feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and achieving equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and...

Jane Ellen Harrison, and Marija Gimbutas, and later popularized by second-wave feminism. These scholars speculated that early human societies may have been...

us 'girdle burners,' every woman in America would have run to join us." Feminism and "bra-burning" became linked in popular culture. The analogous term...

fixedness that feminists have been fighting against for decades. Within second wave feminism, there were different approaches to the body, with some advocating...