women’s movement sarah criscuolo and matt mcdonald
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Women’s MovementSarah Criscuolo and Matt McDonald
First Phase: 1830s-1950s
Focused on:• Education• Equality of work• Political equality • Inadequacies of Marxism • Suffrage
Second Wave: 1960s-1990s
Focused on: • Equal pay• Wages for housework• Control over reproduction (abortion)• Opposition to domestic violence • Radical feminism
Third Wave
Focused on:• Postmodernism• Deconstruction • Feminist postmodernism• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIhKAQX5izw
Betty Friedan
• Freelancer, suburban housewife, mother of 3.• Published articles for various women’s magazines.• Author of The Feminine Mystique• 1963• Talked about the powerful effects of society’s restrictive
role for women
NOW
• National Organization for Women• Founded in 1966.• Aims to promote full equality for women and men in all
aspects of society. • Formed in response to EEOC’s reluctance to enforce civil
rights legislation that would insure women protection from employment discrimination
• Played significant role in convincing congress to pass ERA in 1972.
Why did it start?
• 1840s- American women began speaking, writing, and organizing about inequality of women in America.
• 1919- league of American women voters formed to educate about the election process.
What tactics did this movement use?
• Freidan’s book The Feminine Mystique sparked the movement
• ‘Consciousness raising groups’ helped spread awareness of the movement
• Feminist protests i.e. beauty pageants
The movement’s impact on present day women’s rights
• Women are treated more equal in the workforce and gender roles
• Women can vote• Women can hold an office position
Citations
• http://www.sewallbelmont.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1848-2009_timeline.png
• http://imagining-other.net/sm6womensmovement.htm• http://
womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/tp/1960s_feminist_activities.htm
• Collins, Gail. America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines. 2003. Print.
• Schmittoth, Linda. Women's Almanac. Society ed. Vol. 2. UXL, 1997. Print.
• Jenkins McElroy, Lorie. Women's Voices. Property, Equality, Reproduction ed. Vol. 2. UXL, 1997. Print.