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...

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...

Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began in the early 1990s, prominent in the decades prior to the fourth wave. Grounded in the civil-rights...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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)...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

predominantly a communist holiday until circa 1967 when it was taken up by second-wave feminists. The day re-emerged as a day of activism, and is sometimes...

Fourth-wave feminism in Spain is about digital participation in virtual spaces, encouraging debates and using collective force to enact change. It is...

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...

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...

during the beginning of second-wave feminism finally addressed the voice of Black women and women of color in contrast to the first wave, where it initially...

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

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

the community. Chicana feminism encouraged women to reclaim their existence between and among the Chicano Movement and second-wave feminist movements from...

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