History Flashcards

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1
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C-How many waves of feminism?

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Four

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C-First wave of feminism begining date

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July 1848

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C-First wave of feminism

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Focus on getting American women’s rights
In 1920 white women giving the right to vote

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C-Second wave of feminism

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Black women made own movement.
Donald Reagan came in power and movement stopped.

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C- Third wave of feminism

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Still problems specifically in workplace.
Women began embracing sexuality.
Some women rejected ideas of feminism.

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C-Fourth wave of feminism

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Movements being made like me too which hold men accountable for their actions.
Still issues with sexuality, class, gender and race

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‘History’ Technique

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Personification

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‘History’ Meaning

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History is personified to show history was not kind to woman

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‘Limped’ and ‘Slurped’ Technique

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Verbs

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‘Limped’ and ‘Slurped’ meaning

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further the indelicate and graceless presentation of the woman. Going against the patriarchal archetype of women

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‘Smelling of pee’ Technique

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End stop

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‘Smelling of pee’ Meaning

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Harrowing image shows women not cared for by society left unattended as they get older.

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‘been’, ‘seen’, ‘watched’, ‘witnessed’, ‘observed’ Technique

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Passive verbs

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‘been’, ‘seen’, ‘watched’, ‘witnessed’, ‘observed’ Meaning

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Verbs used are passive implies women’s perspectives were deemed less important so they had a more passive role

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‘Ease him down from the cross, his mother gasping’ Technique

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Religious imagery

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‘Ease him down from the cross, his mother gasping’ Meaning

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reference to Jesus which was the begining of history and Mary so herstory

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‘Bannockburn, Passchendaele, Babi…’ Technique

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Listing

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‘Bannockburn, Passchendaele, Babi…’ meaning

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Listing important battles in history to show violence is the same

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‘waved their little hands from the trains’ Technique

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Enjambent

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‘waved their little hands from the trains’ Meaning

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Reflects movement.
References to Hitler and the holocaust poignant imagery shows how cruel history is.

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‘Shit wrapped in the newspaper’ Meaning

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Neglected and abused by society. womens mistreatment.
Lies told by the media

22
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LC- How does this resonate with The Worlds Wife?

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highlights how women have been unrecognised throughout history and their roles and effect on our world today has been unrepresented.
Therefore clearly resonating with The World’s Wife who recognises this and gives powerful characters of history a story.

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How many stanzas?

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7 with 6 lines

24
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Rhyme scheme?

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No rhyme scheme but subtle internal rhyme

25
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What does the subtleness of the rhyme suggest?

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reflects the hidden history of woman often not remembered but important.

26
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What does the internal rhyme as a whole suggest?

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creates a link between words emblematic of the connection between women that spans across history, women present at every major historical event.