Changes

First wave feminism was instrumental in giving women basic rights such as to vote and even administer their own property. World War II and recovery period that saw men retaking many of their old job, in some ways, slowed down the feminist movement. However, by the 1960s the political climate in the West began to change and accept more liberal ideals. While this first wave feminists achieved their key goals, it was evident in countries such as the UK and the US that equality in voting did not translate to equality in the workplace or aspects of social acceptance such as marriage. Communist states emerged as early countries that embraced more equality, but in the West this took time as social norms began to change in the context of major wars and increasingly greater roles women played in society, both in a civil and political sense. This began to be evident Nevertheless, the key foundation for second wave feminism required the rights earned by what eventually emerged as second first wave feminists that became prominent by , mainly in giving women political power through the 1960svote.