Historical and Philosophical Roots of Women's Studies

The second wave of feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that began in the United States in the Early 1960's and lasted through two decades. It spread across the Western world, with the aim to increase equality for women by gaining more than just enfranchisement. This is my mother who lived through the second wave of feminism. 

During the 19th Century, around the 1920's the first wave of the feminist movement gave women the right to vote. This suffrage of the right to vote, striked down coverture laws, and gained access to education and employment for woman. Here I am celebrating the last New Year's in 1920's style. 

Feminism is the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and the social movements organized around that belief. Feminist history has made it possible for traditionally ignored and disempowered groups like immigrants, people of color, etc. to actually attend college and get an education. Here is a picture of myself a Latin, women about to get three associates degrees in Liberal Arts, Sociology and Communications while reaching for a bachelors in the next two years. This has been possible for me to achieve because of feminist movements.                                    

Women's rights are the fundamental human rights that were preserved by the United Nations for every human being on the planet around 70 years ago. These rights include the right to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination, to be educated, to own property, to vote, the right to bodily integrity and autonomy, to hold public office, to enter into legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, to work, to fair wages or equal pay and to have reproductive rights. This is the global idea for all women! These rights were passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920. The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. The ancestors and predecessors achieved the milestone that required a lengthy and difficult struggle, as victory took decades of agitation and protest, for the future of these little girls.