Origins of Feminism

Technology made housework unnecessary. Millions of women found themselves with nothing to do and nothing to teach.

No, it was a rudimentary attempt to drive wages down by increasing the workforce, before the more efficient third-world immigration was discovered.

No, it was an attempt to make up for the lack of manpower after able men were drafted to fight during the second world war, up until the point when efficient third-world immigration was discovered (and immigration, thus, encouraged).