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First Wave Feminism
First Wave Feminism was what roiled the American political scene in the 18th, 19th, and 20th century. This was a form of feminism that championed certain specific causes dealing with a woman's right to have a voice in society such as racism, the right to a divorce, and women's suffrage -
First women's rights convention
Indignant women spoke of slavery, they demanded civil, social, political, and religious rights for women. -
Sojourner Truth gives a speech on Feminism
"Ain't I a Women?" former slave Sojourner Truth draws attention to how women experience sexism differently. -
Movility for Women
The bicycle as we know it today, paves way for less restrictive clothing and greater mobility for women in some regions. -
Women can vote finally
New Zealand becomes the first self-governing nation to allow women to vote and inspires suffragists across the globe. -
International Women's Day
On 8 March, the first International Women’s Day in 1911 amasses more than one million people across Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland for women’s suffrage and labour rights. -
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Second Wave Feminism
Second Wave Feminism was a movement that began to take note of injustices dealing with wage equality, sexualization, civil rights, and also the way women were treated in the workplace. -
Dublin women workers go on strike
Tired of unhealthy work conditions, low wages, overtime and limited leave, around 1,500 unionized laundresses go on strike:
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The united nations is born
In 1946, the Commission on the Status of Women becomes the first global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to gender equality; and in 2010, UN Women becomes the first UN agency to champion exclusively for women’s rights. -
To the Women of the World Speech
In the inaugural session of the UN General Assembly in 1946, American Eleanor Roosevelt famously reads an "open letter to the women of the world", urging for their increased involvement in national and international affairs. -
Women's Bill of Law
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the most comprehensive international instrument to protect the human rights of women. -
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Third Wave Feminism
Third Wave Feminism was a form of feminism that stopped trying to "normalize" gender constructs, sexuality, and identity politics. This was a time of radical riot girls, punk rock as a form of feminism, and a time when people began to embrace LGBTQ causes. -
UN Security Council Resolution 1325
The first UN legal and political framework to recognize that war impacts women differently and to call for women’s participation in conflict prevention and resolution. -
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Fourth Wave Feminism
This movement is overwhelmingly accepting of LGBTQ issues and eschews the idea of keeping things to two genders when discussing equal rights. Additionally, it's a body-positive movement that is also about sex-positivity. -
Education for all
It’s a moment that wakes up the world: The attack on a schoolgirl and education activist Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan. Surviving a gunshot wound to the head and neck, Malala makes her first appearance at the UN in 2013.