As a historian specializing in gender studies, I can tell you that the concept of feminism and the fight for gender equality have existed in various forms throughout history. However, the modern feminist movement is generally considered to have begun in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the suffrage movement, which aimed to win women the right to vote.

The first wave of feminism is often associated with the late 1800s to the early 1900s, primarily focused on suffrage and legal equality for women. The second wave, which began in the 1960s, addressed broader issues of gender inequality, including reproductive rights and workplace discrimination. The third wave, starting in the 1990s, expanded the dialogue to include a wider range of identities and issues, such as intersectionality and global feminism.

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Organised feminism did not really kick off until the first Women's Conference hed in Seneca Falls, America, in 1848. To begin with, the Women's Movement evolved out of social reform groups such as the Abolition of Slavery, the Social Purity and Temperance movements.read more >>