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'''First-wave feminism''' refers to a period of [[feminist]] activity during the [[nineteenth century]] and early [[twentieth century]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]]. It focused on [[de jure]] (officially mandated) inequalities, primarily on gaining the right of women's [[suffrage]]. The term, "first-wave," was coined retroactively after the term ''[[second-wave feminism]]'' began to be used to describe a newer feminist movement that focused as much on fighting [[de facto]] (unofficial) inequalities as it did ''de jure'' inequalities. black people.

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==United Kingdom==

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In the UK, [[Mary Wollstonecraft]], published the first feminist treatise ''A [[Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' (1792), in which she advocated the social and moral equality of the sexes. Her later unfinished work "Maria, or the Wrongs of Women" earned her considerable criticism as she dared to acknowledge the existence of women's sexual desires, which was taboo in Victorian England.

Wollstonecraft is regarded as the grandmother of British feminism and her ideas shaped the thinking of the [[Suffragette]]s. The Suffragettes campaigned for the women's vote, which was eventually granted − to some women in 1918 and to all in 1928 − as much because of the part played by British women during the [[World War I|First World War]], as of the efforts of the Suffragettes.

==United States==

In the [[United States]] prominent leaders of this movement include [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] and [[Susan B. Anthony]], who each campaigned for the abolition of slavery prior to championing women's right to vote. Anthony and other activists (such as [[Victoria Woodhull]] and [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]]) made attempts to cast votes prior to their legal entitlement to do so, for which many of them faced charges. Other important leaders include [[Lucy Stone]], [[Olympia Brown]], and [[Helen Pitts]].

First-wave feminism involved a wide range of women, some belonging to conservative Christian groups (such as [[Frances Willard (suffragist)|Frances Willard]] and the [[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]]), others resembling the diversity and radicalism of much of [[second-wave feminism]] (such as [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]] and the [[National Woman Suffrage Association]]).

Both Stanton and Anthony believed that abortion was an imposition of the patriarchy upon women and that if decisions about abortion were placed into the hands of women, it would happen far less often (or cease entirely):<blockquote>Much as I deplore the horrible crime of child-murder, earnestly as I desire its suppression, I cannot believe that such a law would have the desired effect. It seems to me to be only mowing off the top of the noxious weed, while the root remains. We want prevention, not merely punishment. We must reach the root of the evil, and destroy it.</blockquote>− Susan B. Anthony, ''The Revolution'', 1869. For Anthony and Stanton, the root of the evil was men's political control over women through marriage, family and property laws as well as social control through the popularized notion of true "womanliness."

In the [[United States]], the end of first-wave feminism is often linked with the passage of the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] (1919), granting women the right to vote. This was a major victory of the movement which also included reforms in higher education, in the workplace and professions, and in healthcare.

==See also==

* [[second-wave feminism]]

* [[third-wave feminism]]

==Sources==

* [http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/wollstonecraft.html Biography of Mary Wollstonecraft with links to works].

* ''[http://www.victoria-woodhull.com/ Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly]''

* [http://www.class.csupomona.edu/his/skpuz/hst202/Woodhull/WQart.html Woodhull's attempt to run for President].

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