First wave feminism mostly refers to early days of feminism until around the 1960s. There are a lot of different ideas about when exactly second wave feminism began. For the purposes of this list, I'm ending it at the 1950s.
Honestly, pretty much all of Christine de Pizan's writing could be considered feminist. But this one is probably her most well-known work.
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies by Mary Astell
The Rover and Other Works by Aphra Behn
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollenstonecraft
Also if you can find a copy of her Ain't I A Woman? speech, definitely read that as well.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott
Really, all of Alcott's work is pretty feminist, but most people know about Little Women and not much about her non-fiction work.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Also check out Woolf's fiction such as Orlando.
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Some Non-Fiction published more recently on First Wave Feminism:
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter
The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin
The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Reader
A collection of speeches/essays/writings by two of the leaders of the early women's suffrage movement.
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