In order to understand the topic that is to be addressed in this essay, one must first understand two seemingly unrelated topics. These topics are feminism and punk rock. These two social movements gave birth to the love child known as the riot grrrl movement. The history of the riot grrrl movement is deep and intensely intertwined with themes of monumental social change, musical evolution, and the overall novel nature of third-wave feminism. Many historians educated on the subject are of the opinion that the feminist wave first arose in the 18th century with Mary Wollstonecraft's publication Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) and ended after the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. (nypl.org/blogs/subject/first-wave-feminism.) The Nineteenth Amendment did not grant women the right to vote, as many people believe, but did simply guaranteed women their rights which were set forth in the original Constitution of the United States and which had been denied to them until now. Therefore, the Nineteenth Amendment protects women's right to vote. The first wave of feminist movement was primarily concerned with women's suffrage, as noted above, and the fundamental notion that women are capable of being independent human beings and not simply the property of their husbands or of their husband. fathers, as well as intelligent, logical and capable of being fully functioning members of society. During the first wave of feminism, women banded together and created their own social justice political movement for equality, a trait perhaps unique to the first wave of feminism and the riot movement among movements feminists in the United States. .... middle of paper ...... "the traditional role of women" cannot be strengthened. And perhaps most importantly, the third wave feminist movement works in solidarity with other ongoing social movements, such as GLBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and many others. (Turner, 25-33.) Feminism has changed dramatically throughout history, although with the introduction of punk rock and then riot grrrl, the 80s and 90s found themselves making social changes until then unexplored in radically new ways. The face of modern feminism and the beginning of what would become the third wave of the feminist movement was sculpted through anti-riot efforts in the 1980s and 1990s, and although this is often overlooked historically, even when studying or teaches feminism, it is vitally important because it could very well change the outcome of the ever-evolving and ongoing women's liberation movement..