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First Wave
Seneca Falls convention in 1848 where all the suffragist women of the time reunited to protest for the right of voting for women In 1920, the US granted women the right to vote across the whole country -
Second wave
The first commercially available birth control pill was approved by the FDA, allowing women to control when they wanted to get pregnant -
Third wave
The "My body, my choice" movement started, which stated that no one could decide for a woman, except herself -
Fourth wave
MeToo movement to gain attention for problems like sexual harrasment and violence against women started in the 2016, being at its peak in 2016-17