This thesis will be concerned with the development of feminism throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in English literature and will also reach outside these centuries to briefly discuss how feminism is perceived at present. Feminism is a wide phenomenon and it is still a topic to be discussed, I have been interested in it for some time now which is also why I have chosen to write about this matter. The 19th century is one of the most significant periods of British history, it was a century of changes for women, and the 20th century followed the path doing so. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, literature has developed as well as the society and the position of women with respect to men. Nonetheless, it was the suffragette movement that has started this revolution of equality between men and women. Feminism as a movement has developed significantly during the centuries, nonetheless, the word feminism itself may still evoke negative meaning to some.