page_title: Feminism in the United States
hierarchical_section_title: Feminism in the United States
caption_attribution_description: Women's Suffrage Parade in New York City, May 6, 1912.
context_page_description: Feminism in the United States refers to the collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women in the United States. Feminism has had a massive influence on American politics. Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism.
  According to the 2017 Gender Gap Index measurement of countries by the World Economic Forum, the United States is ranked 49th on gender equality.
context_section_description: Feminism in the United States refers to the collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women in the United States. Feminism has had a massive influence on American politics.  Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism.
  According to the 2017 Gender Gap Index measurement of countries by the World Economic Forum, the United States is ranked 49th on gender equality.
caption: Women's suffrage parade in New York City, May 6, 1912.
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