The Third Wave Of Women's Movement

Women throughout history have been able to make a big impact on change when it comes to social movements on gender. The changes that they caused due to their movements in persistence during different waves of movements have had long lasting effects. The first wave of women’s movement in the United States were responsible for the 19th Amendment, and giving women the right to be vote. This was a major step for women’s rights and is still something that is very prevalent in women’s lives. The second wave of women’s movement included different ideologies and included different groups that fought for minority rights and was able to include more women. The third wave of women’s movement focuses more on current issues, more inclusive ideology and

Change would not have happened if it wasn’t for these women devoting their life and time to show others why this was so important. Men, especially white men, at the time did not see why this was so important, since they already had all of these privileges and had never been through this kind of oppression. Movements like the suffragist movements were key to showing others that if a government is going to govern everyone, women should also have a say seeing as this affects them also. People needed to see it from a women’s point of view since that’s who this affected. These movements are effective in showing why change should be made and how important it is to women’s

The scene, which I found very interesting, shows a black woman, Ida wells, from the Chicago delegation goes to see Alice Paul since in the march in 1912 Negro women were expected to march in a separate unit, in the back. Paul responds by saying that this had to be done since southern suffrage groups threatened to withdraw if this was not the case and their support is too important to lose. I found a quote that was said by Ida Wells very interesting, “Dress up Prejudice and call it politics?” because even though this movement was supposed to be for all women, black women were really just not part of it. They were not able to participate along the other women due to the fact that some women opposed this, even though they were fighting for all women’s rights. While the amendment did include black women, the movement itself was mostly catered to white women and their