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  • women's liberation
    women's liberation
    noun
    a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.
  • Women's Liberation
    Women's Liberation
    noun
    a movement directed towards the removal of attitudes and practices that preserve inequalities based upon the assumption that men are superior to women
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women's liberation

American  

noun

  1. a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational, and social rights and opportunities for women, equal to those of men.


Women's Liberation British  

noun

  1. Also called: women's lib.  a movement directed towards the removal of attitudes and practices that preserve inequalities based upon the assumption that men are superior to women

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of women's liberation

First recorded in 1965–70

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Introduced to the public in 1974, the design became synonymous with women’s liberation and launched a young Von Furstenberg’s career.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

There are metrics we can use to gauge women's liberation, from the closing of the gender pay gap to increased levels of female education to later marriage and motherhood ages.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

It was a group dedicated to fighting sexism, and Steinem - one of three co-founders - became the face of the women's liberation movement in the United States for the rest of the 20th Century.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

At one point, soft-spoken Marie-Josephine follows the two pals to a clandestine political conclave where she delivers an impromptu speech in favor of women’s liberation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

I was no advocate of women's liberation; I simply found interest in many activities and subjects.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann

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