Women's Movement

British  

noun

1. a grass-roots movement of women concerned with women's liberation See Women's Liberation

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women's movement Cultural  

1. A movement to secure legal, economic, and social equality for women, also called the feminist movement. It has its roots in the nineteenth-century women's movement, which sought, among other things, to secure property rights and suffrage for women. The modern feminist movement, often said to have been galvanized by the publication of Betty Friedan's book The Feminine Mystique, began in the 1960s and advocates equal pay for equal work, improved day care arrangements, and preservation of abortion (see also abortion) rights. (See Equal Rights Amendment, feminism (see also feminism), and Gloria Steinem.)

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Example Sentences

As first lady, she founded the 31st December Women's Movement to empower women and teach them how to earn money to develop their communities.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

In Kabul, the protesters, who call themselves the Afghanistan Powerful Women’s Movement, vowed to continue to protest and to use social media to urge women to defy the decree.

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

Ephron was dispatched by Esquire to cover the burgeoning Women's Movement, and to profile its major players, including Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2021

As a journalist and a writer, and living through the Women’s Movement during the ‘70s, I was immediately drawn to the story line of “Mrs. America.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2020

Its chief features will be: Articles dealing with the Women's Movement in England and other countries.

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Related Words

• feminist movement