Introduction
Since 1848, in USA the women protest on their rights. In the late 18th century and in the early 19th, in all States the Women get the right of vote. It’s the beginnings of the feminism 1) Feminism in USA a) What’s the feminism?
The Feminism is a movement defending equal political, economic, social rights for women and sex equality .This movement has leaded by women. They struggle for the women’s rights. The movement's history has gone through three waves, beginning in the 18th century. The first wave was oriented around the station of middle or upper-class white women, and involved suffrage and political equality. Second-wave feminism attempted to further combat social and cultural inequalities. Third-Wave feminism starting in 1980 to early 1990s includes renewed campaigning for women’s greater influence in politics. Women’s Lib is a feminist movement of 60s, corresponding at the second wave b) Women’s Liberation Movement
It’s a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, voting rights, sexual harassment, and sexual violence. The goals of the movement vary from country of USA.
This second wave of feminist activity began in the early 1960s and lasted through the late 1980s. What helped trigger this second wave was the book written by Betty Friedan in 1963 “The Feminine Mystique”. Feminists campaigned against cultural and political inequalities. The movement encouraged women to understand aspects of their own personal lives as deeply politicized, and reflective of a sexist structure of power. If first-wave feminism focused upon absolute rights such as suffrage, second-wave feminism was largely concerned with other issues of equality, such as the end to discrimination. The feminist activist and author, Carol Hanisch coined the slogan "The Personal is Political" which became synonymous with the second wave. Second-wave feminists saw women's cultural and political