1st Wave of Feminism: 18401925 Mainly: Right to Vote

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1st Wave of Feminism 1840-1925Mainly Right to
Vote Birth Control

• 1848 1st Womens Rights Convention in NY
• 1870 15th Amendment gave former slaves the right
  to vote
• 1872 First woman to run for President of the US
  Victoria Woodhull
• 1920 19th Amendment ? Women Can Vote!
• Lucretia Mott
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Frederick Douglass
• Grimke Sisters

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2nd Wave of Feminism (late 1950s to early
1990s)Mainly Birth Control and Equal Rights

• NOW Organized by Betty Friedan
• ERA First introduced in 1923 passed in 1972
• Equality of rights under the law shall not be
  denied or abridged by the US or by any state on
  account of sex.

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Feminists in the 2nd Wave

• Radical Feminism
• Patriarchy causes womens oppression
• Grew out of Vietnam war protests racial
  discrimination
• Stokley Carmichael
• Liberal Feminism
• Betty Friedans Feminine Mystique
• NOW
• KEY Equal Opportunity for Women!

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More 1st Wave Feminism

• Separatism
• W M are fundamentally different
• W should live w/o interference from male world
• All women communities w/communal values
• Structural Feminism
• W M different due to socialization (public and
  domestic)
• W place within the home
• W have unique needs, values, viewpoints that
  should be recognized by laws

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More 2nd Wave Feminism

• Lesbian Feminists
• Freedom rests in not ordering lives around M
• United on core issues that specifically effect
  Ws lives (Civil, Property Legal rights,
  Discrimination)
• Womanism
• Includes women of color
• Addresses sexism racism
• bell hooks

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More 2nd Wave Feminism

• Revalorism
• Attempt to reclaim revalue traditional feminine
  activities, skills, perspectives
• Reclaim Ws lost role in history
• Goal heightened public respect and awareness of
  Ws ways
• Power Feminism
• W w/power and influence ( educ)
• W holding themselves back have responsibility
  for their fate
• Katie Roiphe

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Mens 2nd Wave Contributions

• Profeminist Men / Male Fems
• Definitions of men are limiting for M and W
• Promote M getting in touch w/their feelings
• NOMAS
• Promasculist Men
• See feminism and its ideology as in conflict
  w/Ms interests
• Free Men Celebrate traditional roles / values
  of real men
• Custody Fathers rights

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Male Feminism cont.

• Mythopoetic Men
• Rediscover masculine thought feeling
• Feminism makes M soft
• Weekend Warrior retreats, poetry, etc.
• Robert Bly
• Promise Keepers
• Help M return to a Christian path
• Calls for M responsibility
• Wardell McCartney

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Male Feminism cont.

• Million Man March
• M recommit to their wives families
• Active involvement in church and community
• Louis Farrakhan

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3rd Wave of Feminism

• Backlash
• Subtle, persuasive campaign against feminist
  objectives that emerges
• W Is equality what I really want?
• The battle is over!
• Embracers! Committed to Feminism
• 20-30 years old
• AIDS Educ/Awareness Parental Consent
• Reproductive Rights Sex Domestic Abuse
• Violence Rape Eating Disorders