The Four Waves Of Feminism

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I was in ninth grade when I first learned about feminism, at that time I really didn’t think too much into it and didn’t think of it again until eleventh grade. When I thought about it again it was because one of the girls I became friends with claimed to be a second wave feminist, at that point I had no idea what the difference between a third wave feminist and any other was so I did a little more research. Over time i realized that there were four waves of feminism and each differed from each other in significant ways and tackled different issues.Such as first wave feminism started in the 1900’s and was focused on women getting the right to vote while fourth wave feminism started in 2008 and focuses on social justice and equality. As I got

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