Purple is to Lavender as Woman is to Feminist

For hundreds of years women were to be seen and not heard, owned by their father or husband, and looked down upon by society if they never married. Although women were often helping in any way they could in any type of war or disaster, they were never given credit when it was due simply because of their anatomy. The Women’s Liberation, also known as the Feminist Movement, Women’s Lib, and the Women’s Movement, encompasses to a concatenation of campaigns for improvements on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment and sexual violence. The movement has gone through three waves: the first wave beginning in the late 19th century and the early 20th century chiefly in America, however it carried over to Europe quickly, mostly centering on the inequalities of men and women (de jure inequalities), women’s suffrage, education, employment, the marriage laws, and the difficulty which intelligent, middle-class, single women faced. The second wave began in the early 1960’s and lasted until the 1980’s, revolving largely around gender inequalities in laws and culture, sexual assault, domestic violence, reproductive choice and equal pay for equal work among men and women. The third and final wave of the Feminist Movement began in the late 1990’s and has continued through the years; it is something of a response to the second movement, both the achievements and failures.

The Feminist Movement began in America in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 on the 19th of July at the Seneca Falls Convention, lasting two days and six sessions which included a lecture on law and multiple discussions about what role females played in society. Most of the women who organized this ...

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...hings and make a difference, consequently burying the seed of doubt in the heads of females. This wave is more about women being able to do what countless women before them could not, thriving in the aggressive society which was once predominantly men, and making men realize that women are a force to reckoned with. Although both males and females are working on the Equal Rights Amendment, a work in progress of about 90 years, it is yet to pass and is expected to be the 28th amendment by many. This wave embraces how diverse and unique every woman is, and pushing women to believe in themselves to make things happen, not only focusing on gender issues, but on inequalities of all forms. Despite the fact that not all issues have been solved in the eyes of the third wavers, men and women will continue to work to make sure everything is fair and unbiased for everyone.