4 waves of feminism
The personal is political -✔✔✔Personal things have broad social, political, and economic causes and
consequences
How many waves of feminism are there? -✔✔✔4
1st Wave -✔✔✔A struggle for legal, social, economic rights, the right to vote (suffrage), own property
after marriage, and access to higher education(1960)
2nd Wave -✔✔✔Feminism a class struggle, focus on sexuality, reproductive rights, passing the Equal
Rights Amendment, and ending sexism(1960-1990)
3rd Wave -✔✔✔Intersectionality and diversity, girlie / grrrls feminism, individual's right to define
feminism. Many constructs destabilized(1990-2000)
4th Wave -✔✔✔Central issues justice and spirituality, sexual abuse, rape, violence against women,
unequal pay, pressure to conform to unrealistic body images(2000-present)
The personal is political -✔✔✔Personal things have broad social, political, and economic causes and
consequences
How many waves of feminism are there? -✔✔✔4
1st Wave -✔✔✔A struggle for legal, social, economic rights, the right to vote (suffrage), own property
after marriage, and access to higher education(1960)
2nd Wave -✔✔✔Feminism a class struggle, focus on sexuality, reproductive rights, passing the Equal
Rights Amendment, and ending sexism(1960-1990)
3rd Wave -✔✔✔Intersectionality and diversity, girlie / grrrls feminism, individual's right to define
feminism. Many constructs destabilized(1990-2000)
4th Wave -✔✔✔Central issues justice and spirituality, sexual abuse, rape, violence against women,
unequal pay, pressure to conform to unrealistic body images(2000-present)
