Most conservative women, if asked about the first wave of feminism, would voice general approval. It is seen as a rather pure approach to women’s issues, focused on protecting women and ...

The first wave of feminism refers to the campaign for the vote. It began in the United States in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention, where 300 gathered to debate Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s ...

Feminism is a broad church and the online discourse around it is so frequently dominated by conflict between different schools of feminism that it can be difficult to pinpoint what it’s all about.

It has been so successful because it has been fairly quiet. First-wave feminism early in the 20th century made great public scandal, as the suffragettes were willing to go to jail. They believed ...

I sat down with Harrington during her recent trip to Washington to discuss cyborg feminism, why first-wave feminism got memory-holed, and the relationship between transhumanism and the transgender ...

ABC News spoke to feminists across the generations to define modern feminism. Feminism, the first wave of which began with the suffrage movement in the mid-1800s, looks vastly different today than ...

Explore how womanist literature and diversity are changing the face of higher education and offering students a new perspective on feminism.

laid out the goals of second-wave feminism. Now that women had achieved the right to vote, own property and get an education (the first wave), Friedan and her cohorts argued that women should ...

The historical shift: How feminism evolved First-wave feminism began in the 19th century, focusing on women’s suffrage and legal rights. While many early feminists championed moral and family ...

The women's rights movement in the United States is often discussed in terms of "waves" of feminism, each with specific goals and approaches. First-Wave Feminism (19th-Early 20th Century): The ...