feminism origins

Question 1

(1792) mary wollstonecraft

Answer 1

• urged education & w’s right 2 be useful in society
• thought french rev would do more for women
• believed wanting 2 be wife & mother was worthy aspiration but that women should also be able to be independent from their husbands & have own minds

Question 2

(mid 19th C) married women’s property act

Answer 2

• sig as let women keep their prop after marriage
• mill & his wife campaigned 4 this act as thought it was important 4 w 2 keep their independence
• USA charlotte perkins gilman discussed lack of opps & how they had inferior position in home & society

Question 3

(end 19th C) first wave of feminism

Answer 3

CAMPAIGN 4 VOTE - more rights were supposed to come after women had gotten into parliament
- national american women suffrage association (USA) & women social + political union (suffragettes - UK)

Question 4

(1960s) second wave of feminism

Answer 4

• broad cultural movement that critiqued post industrial society esp. alienation of various social group
• focused on how women have been made 2 feel, subjected to & had their rights ignored

Question 5

when did women get the vote

Answer 5

UK : married women over 30 got the vote in 1919
(after the war) & all got equal voting rights in 1928
USA : women got equal voting rights in 1920 (after 19th amendment passed)