Women's movement

The women's movement (aka the "women's liberation movement" or "women's lib") is a feminist movement that emerged as a response to systematic and institutionalized sexism and gender oppression.

The name "women's movement" can refer to the specific feminist movement in the US in the 1960s and 1970s (sometimes called Second Wave); to the broader modern women's movement internationally, counting from the mid-1960s onward; to the "modern" women's movement beginning in the 19th century (often described as First Wave); or to anti-sexism activism at any time or place. However, to the extent that a "movement" is a discrete, time- and place-limited thing (albeit with fuzzy historical edges), the latter definition is probably better described as simply "feminist" or "women's rights activism" than a specific movement.