单词 | womens rights |
释义 | women's rightsn. Rights possessed by women, esp. as considered to be equal with those of men. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > [noun] > civil rights > women's rights women's rights1632 woman's rights1773 1632 T. E. (title) The lawes resolutions of womens rights: or, the lawes provision for woemen. 1816 European Mag. & London Rev. Apr. 316/2 When wisdom will be considered superior to bodily strength, women's rights will become respected. 1850 (title) Women's Rights Convention. 1897 E. Bellamy Equality xx. 132 There was a great stir about women's rights, but the programme then announced was by no means revolutionary. 1918 R. A. Gallaher Legal & Polit. Status Women in Iowa xv. 213 Women began to exhibit more self-confidence. They seldom talked of ‘women's rights’, but more often vindicated them in courts. 1963 B. Friedan Feminine Mystique i. 28 The fact is that no one today is muttering angrily about ‘women's rights’, even though more and more women have gone to college. 1982 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Aug. 6 Campaigning by the women's-rights movement to purge the English language of sexism. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiii. 394 She is a fiery, witty speaker on behalf of women's rights and against the sloppy imperium of men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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