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first-wave feminism - The feminist movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth century focused on de jure (officially mandated) inequalities, primarily on gaining women's suffrage. second-wave feminism - The feminist movement starting in the 1960s, particularly in America, where women campaigned for social and economic rights in addition to the more basic rights they had won during first-wave. third-wave feminism - Refers to the 1990s and beyond and the individual empowerment of women, and glorification of individual achievement MacKinnon - Author who wrote "Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State" Convergentist theory of feminism - Theory of state: Theories of oppression must converge because all are linked Divergentist theory of feminism - Theory which states: Theories of oppression must be diverse/autonomous to account for specificity of each form of oppression. There may be irresolvable conflicts between different identities/loyalties; any single theory will privilege some and marginalize others. Combahee River Collective - A Black feminist Lesbian organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. They are perhaps best known for developing the Combahee River Collective Statement, a key document in the history of contemporary Black feminism and the development of the concepts of identity as used among political organizers and social theorists. Combahee River Collective Statement - Document which focuses on the intersection of race and gender (the "double burden") to establish a woman of color feminism. Identifies traditional feminism as a potential threat to the majority of back women (black women are at the 'bottom of the system'). They