noun
extension of women's rights; women's rights expansion
Historical and political term referring to the movement to expand women's rights, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
女権拡張運動は、参政権の獲得を目指していた。
The women's rights expansion movement aimed to gain suffrage.
彼女は女権拡張のために尽力した。
She worked hard for the extension of women's rights.
女性解放 (women's liberation) is a broader term for freeing women from social constraints, while 女権拡張 specifically focuses on expanding legal and political rights.
男女平等 (gender equality) is the modern, general term for equal rights and treatment, whereas 女権拡張 is a historical term for the movement to extend women's rights.
Compound of 女権 (women's rights) and 拡張 (expansion, extension). The term emerged during the Meiji and Taisho periods as part of the women's rights movement.