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The term Feminism was first used by French philosopher Charles Fourier. -
Feminism throughout the ages
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.” -
In 1893, New Zealand became the first sovereign state giving women the right to vote. Australia in 1902. Finland in 1906. The United Kingdom granted suffrage to women over 30 in 1918.
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Women participated in the war effort and worked during WWI and finally earned the right to vote. -
At the absence of men in the workplace due to being drafter in the war, women stepped up and took on jobs left by the men. -
Publication by the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir discussing the treatment of women throughout history. Seen as a major work of feminist philosophy and marked the starting point of second-wave feminism. -
An effort to change the lack of equal pay among men and women -
Betty Frieden argued the fact that women were still forced into basic homemaking and child care jobs.
Steinem’s Ms. Magazine became the first magazine to feature feminism as a subject in 1976. -
sought legal equality for women and banned discrimination on the basis of sex, was passed by Congress, but was never ratified to become law by enough states. -
Women's Right to choose abortion. -
The look into who the feminist movement benefitted more as it seemed to more center around the white woman.
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Women were still not being treated as equal in the workplace as they face sexual assault and harassment from their male counterparts. -
Women led Marches on Washington in DC and included cities around the world, where 3 million people held demonstrations advocating for full rights for all women world-wide.