History Flashcards
C-How many waves of feminism?
Four
C-First wave of feminism begining date
July 1848
C-First wave of feminism
Focus on getting American women’s rights
In 1920 white women giving the right to vote
C-Second wave of feminism
Black women made own movement.
Donald Reagan came in power and movement stopped.
C- Third wave of feminism
Still problems specifically in workplace.
Women began embracing sexuality.
Some women rejected ideas of feminism.
C-Fourth wave of feminism
Movements being made like me too which hold men accountable for their actions.
Still issues with sexuality, class, gender and race
‘History’ Technique
Personification
‘History’ Meaning
History is personified to show history was not kind to woman
‘Limped’ and ‘Slurped’ Technique
Verbs
‘Limped’ and ‘Slurped’ meaning
further the indelicate and graceless presentation of the woman. Going against the patriarchal archetype of women
‘Smelling of pee’ Technique
End stop
‘Smelling of pee’ Meaning
Harrowing image shows women not cared for by society left unattended as they get older.
‘been’, ‘seen’, ‘watched’, ‘witnessed’, ‘observed’ Technique
Passive verbs
‘been’, ‘seen’, ‘watched’, ‘witnessed’, ‘observed’ Meaning
Verbs used are passive implies women’s perspectives were deemed less important so they had a more passive role
‘Ease him down from the cross, his mother gasping’ Technique
Religious imagery