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Topic: Feminism, First Wave
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Feminism, First Wave

Years: 1848 - 1920

First-wave feminism, which refers to a period of feminist activity during the nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United Kingdom and the United States, focuses on de jure (officially mandated) inequalities, primarily on gaining women's suffrage (the right to vote).

The term first wave will of course be coined retroactively, in the 1970s.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)