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I believe that Zora Neale Hurston was a feminist born before her time. When she was growing up feminists were fighting for education, employment, and marriage laws#. The next generation of feminists, the “second-waves” fought for equality of the social classes, races, and sexes.# Though this “wave” was not fully developed until the 1960’s, Hurston expressed the same ideals. Hurston reveals these ideals in Their Eyes Were Watching God through Janie’s numerous relationships with men. Janie has multiple husbands, which was not an acceptable during this time, she moves through men until she finds one that treats her equally. The idea of equality of class and sex is often combined, while the equality of race is often set in another part.