Feminism

Connotations

• Completely unaware

• Feminism has achieved its goals

• Fear of man-hating women

First Wave - Goals

• Suffrage• 19th Amendment

• Abolitionist Movement• Somewhat abandoned when African-Americans Gained

the right to vote

• Temperance Movement• Prohibition

First Wave - Achievements

• Seneca Falls Convention 1848• Formal founding of Feminism• 300 Women and Men

• Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I a Woman” – 1851

• University of Iowa – 1955

• Married Woman's Property Act – 1960

• Ida B. Wells’ work Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases - 1892

First Wave - Achievements

• The March for Women’s Suffrage in Washington D.C. – 1913

• WWI

• 19th Amendment

First Wave - Downfalls

• Married or widowed > unmarried

• Still questioned racial suffrage

• Some felt superiority• Mothers and nurturing = More fit to lead

First Wave - Criticisms

• Threatening man-haters

• Weak and clueless

• Ugly and witch like

Between the First and Second Waves

• Great Depression• Total suffering diminished the concern for women's issues

• WWII• New job opportunities

• Rosie the Riveter• Supported the war effort

• Created a sense of self sufficiency

Between the First and Second Waves

• Post WWII• Men came home to reclaim their previous jobs

• Left women with a taste of independence

• Led to a new culture of domesticity• Less women working in 1960 than in 1930

Second Wave

• Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique – 1963

• PCSW-1963• Inequality in the workplace• Equal Pay Act of 1963

Second Wave

• National Organization for Women -1966• Freedom and equality for women• Specifically stated that they were not man-haters• Also did not want special treatment for women• Achievements

• ERA – 1972• Title IX Education Amendment - 1972

• Women’s Liberation Movement• Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City - 1968

• Freedom Trash Can• Media attention

Third Wave

• Rebecca Walker’s Becoming the Third Wave

• Clarence Thomas

• Inequality for women

• Widespread public reaction

• Started the Third Wave

Third Wave

• Third Wave Direct Action Corporation• Freedom Summer ’92

• 20,000 new voters

Third Wave

• Issues• Gender violence• Reproductive rights• Rape• Derogatory terms• Inequality in the workplace

• Unequal treatment• Sexual assault

Reason for the Connotations

• Each Wave Has Contributed:• First Wave • Second Wave• Third Wave

Conclusion

Work Cited

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Work Cited (continued)

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Pilkington, Ed. "SlutWalking Gets Rolling after Cop's Loose Talk about Provocative Clothing." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 07 May 2011. Web. 25 May 2014. Rampton, Martha . "The Three Waves of Feminism." - Fall 2008. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014.

"Reclaiming "Cunt," "Bitch," "Slut," and More." National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) |. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. "The Equal Pay Act of 1963." (EPA). N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2014. "Third Wave Foundation." Third Wave Foundation History Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014. Walker, Rebecca. "HeathenGrrl's Blog." : Becoming the Third Wave by Rebecca Walker. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014.

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