# A History of U.S. Feminisms

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- Authors: [Rory Dicker](https://www.bookquiver.com/rory-dicker)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2016-01-26

## Description

Thoroughly updated and expanded, the second edition of A History of U. S. Feminisms is an introductory text that will be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, A History of U. S. Feminisms will provide historical context of all the major events and figures from the late nineteenth century through today. The chapters cover: first-wave feminism, a period of feminist activity during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which focused primarily on gaining women's suffrage second-wave feminism, which started in the '60s and lasted through the '80s and emphasized the connection between the personal and the political and third-wave feminism, which started in the early '90s and is best exemplified by its focus on diversity and intersectionality, queer theory, and sex-positivity.

## Editions

### A History of U.S. Feminisms

- Publisher: seal_press
- ISBN: 978-15-8005-588-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2016-01-26
- Language: en_GB