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Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft was a writer, an activist, and a philosopher. She was an advocate for women's rights to education and social equality. -
Pride and Prejudice
The novel Pride and Prejudice gained great momentum upon it's release, and was embraced as a feminist story with a great feminist heroine. It is regarded, to this day, as one of the greatest pieces of early feminist literature. -
First Wave Feminism
First Wave Feminism began during the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. The focus of this first wave was primarily women's suffrage, and it ended in 1920 with the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. -
Betty Friedan
Betty Friedan was an American author and feminist activist. Her book, The Feminine Mystique, is noted as kicking off the Second Wave Feminism movement. -
Second Wave Feminism
Second Wave Feminism, which began after the release of The Feminine Mystique, focused more on inclusion of women of color in the fight for women's rights, along with discrimination and equality. This time frame is also when feminism as a literary theory developed. -
Feminist Literary Theory
This theory was designed to be a critique of literature, in which we examine how a piece of literature treats women in the work. It typically examines whether it is a positive feminist experience or a negative, more oppressive piece. -
Equal Pay Act
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibited employers from pay discrimination based on sex. -
Handmaid's Tale
Written by Margaret Atwood, Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian feminist novel exploring the city of Gilead after a militarized, religious sect has taken over, while the man character is forced to live in a society where women are forced to be entirely subservient to the leading men and their wives. -
Third Wave Feminism
Third Wave Feminism has a primary focus on women's rights to their own bodies. This includes sexuality, reproductive rights, and protection again violence and sexual assault.