Feminism

Question 1

Key thinkers

Answer 1

Charlotte Perkins gilman
Simone de Beauvoir
Kate millett
Sheila rowbotham
Bell hooks

Question 2

What did Mary Wollstonecraft advocate

Answer 2

Good education + useful members of society
We aren’t ornaments (being a wife and mum was a worthy aspiration but at the same time should be independent from husband

Question 3

What did Perkins gilman write about

Answer 3

Lack of opportunity for independent women arguing inferior position in the home reflected subordinate position in wider life

Question 4

First wave feminism

Answer 4

Emmiline Pankhurst - suffragette movement (women 30+ had right to vote and stand in parliament)

Question 5

Second wave feminism

Answer 5

1960s - broader cultural movement - critiquing post industrial society especially identifying alienation of certain social groups e.g ethnic minorities, gay, poor, women ect

Answer 6

1960s - broader cultural movement - critiquing post industrial society especially identifying alienation of certain social groups e.g ethnic minorities, gay, poor, women etc