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women's movement This term refers to the mobilization of women around the project of changing and improving their position in society. It is often used interchangeably with ‘Women's Liberation Movement’ to describe the second wave of feminism from the 1970s onwards (the first wave being nineteenth- and early twentieth-century feminism culminating in the struggle for votes for women).

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womens rights movement

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women's rights movement Broad term for the international movement that began in the early 19th century to promote the equality of women. Originally concentrating on women's suffrage, the movement has since worked for equality of employment opportunity and pay. See also feminism; suffragette movement

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women's movement see feminism ; woman suffrage .

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