AP European History / Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe
9.8 20th-Century Feminism
Notes
Women gained the vote in many countries after WWI. Second-wave feminism (Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex) pushed for equality in work, law and family; access to birth control; more women in politics.
Practice
The Second Sex was written by:
1949.
Many European women gained the right to vote:
Partly due to wartime contributions.
Second-wave feminism focused on:
1960s–1970s.
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