This post originally appeared in Bustle.
By Suzannah Weiss

Feminism looks extremely different now than it did 50 or 100 years ago, sometimes to the point of being almost unrecognizable. Nevertheless, there are plenty of things we can learn from our grandmothers’ generation — both their triumphs and their mistakes — that are applicable to gender equality today.

Not all of us agree with our older relatives about social issues and politics, so it’s understandable that some of us would rather keep conversations with our grandparents centered on how great the bread they baked was or what memories they have of our childhoods. But if you’re lucky enough to have grandparents who are still alive, it may be worthwhile to ask them about what life was like for them growing up. The “when I was your age, I had to walk 10 miles in the snow to school” cliche doesn’t do the justice to the fact that our grandparents actually experienced firsthand many of the things we’ve only learned about in history class.

Most Millennials’ grandmothers were alive during parts of the first or second-wave feminist movements, so their generation knows a lot of things about women’s fight for equality that we can benefit from. Therefore, here are some lessons that feminists can learn from their grandmothers’ generation.

1. Our Rights Should Not Be Taken For Granted

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