num_pages: 71
description: On a bright day at the Epsom Derby 4 June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison was hit by the kings horse in one of the defining moments of the fight for womens suffrage  what became known as feminisms first wave. The second wave arose in the late-1960s activists campaigning tirelessly for womens liberation organising around a wildly ambitious slate of issues  a struggle their daughters continued in the third wave that blossomed in the early-1990s. Now a hundred years on from the campaign for the vote fifty years since the very first murmurs of the second wave movement a new tide of feminist voices is rising. Scattered across the world campaigning online as well as marching in the streets women are making themselves heard in irresistible fashion. Theyre demonstrating against media sexism domestic violence and sexual assault fighting for equal pay affordable childcare and abortion rights. Thousands are sharing their experiences through the Everyday Sexism project marching in Slutwalk protests joining demonstrations in the wake of the Delhi gang rape challenging misogynist behaviour and language online crusaders and ordinary people organising for the freedom of women everywhere. Kira Cochranes 'All the Rebel Women' is an irrepressible exploration of todays feminist landscape asking how far we have come over the past century  and how far there still is to go. Whether engaging with leading feminists describing the fight against rape culture or bringing immediate powerful life to vital theories such as intersectionality 'All the Rebel Women' binds everything together into one unstoppable idea. This is modern feminism. This is the fourth wave.
language: English
title: All the Rebel Women: The Rise of the Fourth Wave of Feminism
publisher: Guardian Books