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Meanings of women's emancipation in English

Spanish
liberación femenina
Catalan
emancipació de la dona

Historical process by which women have claimed equality.

        liberación femenina
        Usage of women's emancipation in English
        1
        For instance, women's emancipation did not start with the emancipation of language.
        The Civilization of Illiteracy
        2
        The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
        The Necessity of Atheism
        3
        Pressure from national women's movements with support internationally and a liberation movement with a stated commitment to women's emancipation helped.
        The Guardian
        4
        The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is as interesting as the story of that emancipation itself, Virginia Woolf remarked.
        The Irish Times