How does Wolf’s comparison between older and younger women in the 3rd paragraph help you understand her argument?

Generaltional differences are important in any study or movement. The movement for women's rights or feminism is no different. What the author is noting here, is that the older generation who fought for those rights..... were exhausted. The younger generation, however, had become complacent and had no interest in carrying on the work of the women who'd come before them.

After years of much struggle and little recognition, many older women feel burned out; after years of taking its light for granted, many younger women show little interest in touching new fire to the torch.