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Waves of Feminism
Waves of Feminism
Gender Group
Resistance and Form of Control
What are feminists fighting for?
The Three Waves
The First Wave
What Started this Wave?
• Harriet Tubman
• Susan B. Anthony
• Rosa Parks
• Betty Friedan
• Kate Chopin
• Sojourner Truth
• Gloria Steinem
What Did They Do?
• Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave, who
conducted the “Underground Railroad” and
helped many slaves become free.
• Susan B. Anthony worked hard for woman
suffrage movement.
• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a
public bus to a white man.
• Betty Friedan wrote the best-seller, “The
Feminine Mystique.”
What Did They Do?