Talk:History of feminism

Removed a confusing passage of little importance

I removed the following passage (which I have, evenso, considerably cleaned up) from the terminology paragraph under the "Post-war and second wave" heading:

(This terminology is not completely uniform among all authors. T.Z. Lavine maintains that the "First wave" in the United States was the Women's Rights Movement from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention to the onset of the American Civil War in 1861; the "Second wave," or Woman Suffrage Movement, from the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 to 1924 after the amendment to grant the vote was ratified; the "Third wave," the "Women's Movement," from 1964.)

I removed it because it only confuses an already very garbled article, and because the source seems obscure, and because the info, if it belongs in Wikipedia at all, belongs in a section or article that focuses on the U.S. All in all, I personally think Wikipedia can probably live without it. Softlavender (talk)

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Shouldn't there be 4 (not 3?) bullet points, in the lede?

These comments are based upon the "Latest revision as of 02:43, 2 March 2023" of the article.

The "History" section of the "Infobox" or "sidebar" Template:Feminism sidebar -- which is present in this article! -- has four entries in its "Waves" sub-section ("First", "Second", "Third", and "Fourth"). Also, [the 19th to 21st centuries section of] this article itself -- (see the version that is mentioned [and linked to] above) -- includes a sub-section called "Fourth wave".

Yet, for some reason (perhaps inertia? going all the way back to when the third wave was the 'current' / 'most recent' wave?) the bullet points in the lede of this article (see the version mentioned above) only include the first, second and third waves.

Given this inconsistency, it does not take much of an expert to suspect that there might be an opportunity for improvement here. For example, someone could add a fourth bullet point, (after the three bullet points that already exist, in the "top" part of this article ... that is, the part of this article before the "Early feminism" section) and include there some more content, analogous to what is explained in the three bullet points that are already there. That editor might choose to be guided to some extent (if appropriate) by reading what it says in the sub-section of this article called "Fourth wave"; probably including the fact that said sub-section begins (in part) with a LINK to [the article about] "Fourth-wave feminism".

Just a suggestion. Mike Schwartz (talk) 06:06, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

3rd century BCE women fighting for their rights

"The earliest evidence of a display that would today be called feminist came in ancient Rome during the 3rd century BCE, when a group of women barricaded the Forum in an attempt to force consul Marcus Porcius Cato to repeal laws that limited women’s use of expensive goods. " https://www.britannica.com/story/feminism-from-ancient-rome-to-the-womens-march

Could it be added to the protofeminism section ? ProudWatermelon (talk) 03:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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