8. the political movement of 1970s and 1980s

Question 1

how many women participate in some form of womens group? (comparable to the wide support for temperence in 1870s and 1880s)

Answer 1

80,000 - 100,000

Question 2

Social agenda was wider.

Answer 2

Health, 
abortion, 
marriage,
divorce, 
sexuality, 
the rights for older women and working women.

Question 3

Direction that politics for women had taken -

Answer 3

moved away from previous more conventional forms

Question 4

Described as

Answer 4

‘second wave feminism’

First wave feminism was more focused on the right to vote and to establish political rights in a narrower sense