the first wave of feminism, as it developed in europe from the writings of wollstonecroft, was really indistinguishable from the rise of libertarianism.

it was all the same people pushing it.

and, the ideas are really indistinguishable from each other...

if you really think we're all equal, you think men and women are equal, too - otherwise you're just exuding hypocrisy. and, at least, the writers of the period seemed to be able to figure that out, even if the politicians didn't.