The third wave, beginning in the 1990s, refers to a continuation of, and a reaction to, second-wave feminism. By the late 19th century, feminist activism was primarily focused on the right to vote. Alongside and sometimes overlapping with the various social reform causes which emerged in the latter part of the part of the 19th century was the first wave of the Canadian feminist movement. Women also relinquished property to their husbands once they got married. As it has develped over the last decade, the third wave has been given a variety of meanings, particularly with regard to what makes it new or different from second wave feminism. For example, women could not divorce their husbands, although husbands can divorce their wives. Furthermore, divorced women lost custody of their children as well as their property. Stacy Gillis, Gillian Howie and Rebecca Munford, editors; Palgrave. As a pioneer female journalist and editor at the Globe newspaper, she exemplifies the activist and professional sides of first wave feminism. The first wave of feminism began… Instead of being a vacuum that was created because of someone, it is actually a response, or an answer to the short-comings or the gap found in the Second-Wave. Feminism has become part of the popular discourse in Canada, and yet despite this, there are still many ways in which Canada has not changed in terms of becoming more gender equal since the beginning of the third-wave of feminism. Third wave feminism has numerous definitions, but perhaps is best described in the most general terms as the feminism of a younger generation of women who acknowledge the legacy of second wave feminism, but also identify what they see as its limitations.These perceived limitations would include their sense … But while they could cast a ballot, no woman in the country was lawfully considered “a person” until 1929 when five women from Alberta, The Famous Five, took the matter all the way to the then-highest court of the land, the Privy Council in London, England. Primary issues that third-wave feminists are concerned with include closing the pay gap between male and female workers, reproductive rights, and ending violence against women in … This is still the case today. Third Wave Feminism By Nasrullah Mambrol on October 29, 2017 • ( 2). Rebecca Walker, 25, is a contributor to Ms. magazine and a leading spokeswoman for "third wave" feminism. Third-wave feminists continue fighting for equality for women. In 1921, women accounted for just over 10% of the labour force, by 1993 they consisted of about 44% of the workforce. Veronica Chambers, a 24-year-old editor at The New York Times Magazine, is … Rebecca Walker and the Origins of Third-Wave Feminism Rebecca Walker, a 23-year-old, Black bisexual woman born in Jackson, Mississippi, coined the term "third-wave feminism" in a 1992 essay. Prior to the first wave women had very few rights in society. Women may have been working almost half of the work force by the beginning of the third wave of feminism, but women still only made 72 cents for every dollar earned by a man (Women Changing Canada 57). The first wave of feminism in Canada ended around 1920, when most women had the vote. Third-Wave Feminism is a term that was coined in response to the Second-Wave of Feminism (Dicker, 2008). As of this writing, third wave feminism refers to at least three distinct, albeit interconnected, concepts: generational age, ideological position, and historical moment. First-wave feminism promoted equal contract and property rights for women, opposing ownership of married women by their husbands. Third-wave feminism: a critical exploration.