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Summarise liberal feminism -Took the liberal values of individualism and foundational equality (all humans are of equal moral worth) and applied them to women. Women are entitled to the same rights and freedoms as men. Women should have all the freedoms they need to become autonomous members of society What were early liberal feminists concerned with? Why? What was their aim after this? -Women 's suffrage The assumption was that the vote would grant women a voice and politicians would ne...

Liberal feminism - -Early first wave feminism (in 19th and early 20th century) was deeply influenced by liberal ideas in general, and Mary Wollstonecraft in particular. With her view being that both men and women are rational and women acting 'childish' in her society was the effect of social expectation placed on to them. -Liberals were the first to offer equal rights to women -Many second wave feminists (1960-70) took their inspiration from liberal ideas. Perhaps the most famous is Bet...

Liberal feminism - -Early first wave feminism (in 19th and early 20th century) was deeply influenced by liberal ideas in general, and Mary Wollstonecraft in particular. With her view being that both men and women are rational and women acting 'childish' in her society was the effect of social expectation placed on to them. -Liberals were the first to offer equal rights to women -Many second wave feminists (1960-70) took their inspiration from liberal ideas. Perhaps the most famous is Bet...

first wave of feminism - 19th and early 20th century suffrage movement second wave of feminism - 60s-70s women's liberation movement third wave of feminism - 80s-present mary wollstonecraft - british political philosopher; published first feminist manifesto entitled "the vindication of the rights of women" why were people opposed to the suffrage movement - anti suffragists feared that this movement would impact the established gender roles in a negative way, also believed that women wer...

Feminism -the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men Equal Pay Act -made it illegal for employers to pay female workers less than men for the same job Betty Friedan -American Feminist, writer of The Feminine Mystique, cofounded NOW National Organization of Women -Feminist political group formed in 1967 to promote legislative change. Lobbied for the Equal Right Amendment (and failed). Gloria Steinem -founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, and...

first wave -(1830's - early1900's) -Women's right to vote, as well as fight for equal contract and property rights -Seneca Falls -Susan B Anthony second wave -(1960's-1980's) - Focused on the workplace, sexuality, family and reproductive rights/reproductive justice. - Betty Friedan - Margaret Sanger third wave -refers to several diverse strains of feminist activity and study, whose exact boundaries in the history of feminism are a subject of debate, but are generally marked as begi...

First Wave - Developed in the mid nineteenth century and was based on political and legal parity with men. Franchise - Also known as the right to vote Mary Wollstonecraft - Wrote the seminal first wave feminist piece of writing 'A vindication of the Rights of Woman' Seneca Falls Convention - Held in 1848 and marked the beginning of the women's rights movement in the US Society for Women's Suffrage - Founded in 1867 in London and began the organized movement of women's rights for the...

Waves of Feminism - - First Wave Feminism: Emerged in the mid 19th century and concentrated on the campaign for the vote and equal legal rights. In the UK it ended with the extension of the vote to women in 1918 and full suffrage in 1928. - Second Wave Feminism: Held to have started in the 1960s. It focused on the personal, psychological and social aspects of women's oppression ad aimed for liberation rather than reform. - Third Wave Feminism: Has moved feminism away from the aims of educa...

Summarise liberal feminism -Took the liberal values of individualism and foundational equality (all humans are of equal moral worth) and applied them to women. Women are entitled to the same rights and freedoms as men. Women should have all the freedoms they need to become autonomous members of society What were early liberal feminists concerned with? Why? What was their aim after this? -Women 's suffrage The assumption was that the vote would grant women a voice and politicians would ne...

first wave -(1830's - early1900's) -Women's right to vote, as well as fight for equal contract and property rights -Seneca Falls -Susan B Anthony second wave -(1960's-1980's) - Focused on the workplace, sexuality, family and reproductive rights/reproductive justice. - Betty Friedan - Margaret Sanger third wave -refers to several diverse strains of feminist activity and study, whose exact boundaries in the history of feminism are a subject of debate, but are generally marked as begi...