The First Wave (1800- Early 1900s)

• In 1848, The Seneca Falls Convention was the first organized women's rights gathering in the U. S. 
• Globally, women demanded access to property rights, education, and the ballot box. 
• In the U. S. the 19th Amendment (1920), granted women the right to vote, though many women of color, indigenous women, and immigrants still faced barriers.

The Second Wave (1960s-1980s)

• The Equal Pay Act (1963), Title IX (1972), and the fight for reproductive freedom. 

Access to birth control (Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965) and abortion (Roe v. Wade, 1973) gave women greater control over their bodies and futures.

The Third Wave (1990s-Early 2000s)

• Feminism embrace women of color, LGBTQ+ women, working-class women, immigrant women, and women outside of the western world.

The Violence Against Women Act (1994) expanded protections against domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault. 

The Fourth Wave (2010s-Today)

• In 2011, British writer Laura Bates launches the Everyday Sexism Project, an online platform where women share personal experiences of harassment and discrimination.
• In 2012, the "SlutWalk movement" began in Toronto 2011, challenges victim-blaming in cases of sexual assault and reclaims women's control over their bodies and sexuality.
• In 2013, Emma Waton's "HeForShe" Speech at the United Nations, calls on men to join the feminist fight. 
• In 2015, #SayHerName was luanched by the African American Policy Forum to highlight police violence against black women, often overlooked in mainstream conversations about police brutality.
• In 2017, The Women's March, protested Sexism, racism, and threats to women's rights. It becomes one of the largest single-day protests in U. S. history.
• In 2018, #TimesUp Movement, founded in Hollywood, addressed workplace harassment and gender inequality.
• In 2019, Greta Thunberg and indigenous women leaders introduce Global Climate Feminism, and how climate change disproportionately impacts women and marginalized communities.