Feminism is a social movement that the main interest is the equal rights and status between men and women. Although throughout history a range of philosophical and religious schools have defended the dignity and rights of women in many different situations, the feminist movement dates back to the French Revolution. Since the beginning of the revolution, French women participated actively in political life and created several female activists clubs. The hard working conditions imposed on women, led them to claim conditions that would match with the working class in general. This time dates the close relationship of feminism with the left movements.
Since the early twentieth century, the situation changed rapidly over the world. The Russian Revolution of 1917 gave voting rights to women and in 1930 they have already voted in New Zealand (1893), Australia (1902), Finland (1906), Norway (1913) and Ecuador (1929). Around 1950, the list included more than one hundred nations. After the Second World War, feminism re-emerged with intensified force, under the influence of Le Deuxième Sexe works as (1949, The Second Sex), France's Simone de Beauvoir and The Feminine Mystique (1963; The Feminine Mystique), by American Betty Friedan. In the United Kingdom stood out Germaine Greer, Australian born, author of The Female Eunuch (1971; The woman eunuch), considered the manifesto more realistic than women's liberation movement.
Source:
http://feminism.eserver.org/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-topics/
http://www.friesian.com/feminism.htm
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