The roles of feminism Feminism “is a range of social movements, political movements, and ideologies that

aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social quality of the
sexes”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism#:~:text=Feminism%20is%20a%20range%20of,s
ocial%20equality%20of%20the%20sexes​.

1890 to 1920
1890 to 1920 have been classified as the Women's era, this span on time women has
greater political and economic opportunes

Legal Changes:
Getting the right to own properties and control their wages, make contratracts and wills.

Different Waves of Feminism First wave Feminism

18th and early 20th century
- The purpose of first wave feminism is to “open up opportunities for women” with the
focus of eliminating suffrage.
- The first woman's rights convention was held in Seneca Fall in 1848.
- In 1920 the work boy the suffragist like Susan B anthony and others like her saw
success when the 19th amendment was passed.
https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/24/summary-first-wave-of-feminism/
- 19th Amendment: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. In the laws final
form the act “mandates that employers cannot award unequal wages or benefits to
men and women working jobs that require “equal skill, effort, and responsibility and
which are performed under similar working conditions””s
- The equal pay act took on many forms over a 30 year period.
1963 - An amendment to the fair Labor standards act: A law that forces employers to
give equal pay for equal work. This was passed by JFK
1942 - the national war labor board supported policies for women that directly replaced
male jobs to be pay equal.
1945 - the U.S congress introduced - - The Women’s Equal Pay act: this act made it
illegal to pay a person less based on th-ere sex/gender but it failed to pass thought the
courts even with that womens rights groups.
- Little to no progress was made in the 1950’s
- In the 1960’s woman still earned less than men
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/equal-pay-act

Second Wave Feminism

1960’s - 1980’s
- The main focus on this wave is public and private injustices
- Topics: Issues of rape, reproductive rights, domestic violence, and workplace
safety
- When men returned from the second world war they returned to their jobs which
forced women to go back to being housewives. The women dident want to go back to
the roles hence second wave feminism.
- This wave of feminism started in the United states but was adopted by other
 countries.
-A book by the game of Feminine Mystique is considered to be a ground-breaking
landmark of history. - The book talks about the general unhappiness of american
Women. The book drew more women in to the second wave feminist movement.
- In 1961 the FDA approved an oral contraceptive known as birth control which led
women into careers.
- The Presidential Commission on the status of women(NOW), call for paid maternity
leave and good childcare.
- The national organization for women call for the “equal ad economic advances” to be
removed
NOW Accomplishments:
1967 - full affirmative action rights and
1968 - made gendered help wanted sign illegal
- Marital rape was illegal in all staes in 1993 and something called no-fault divorce
lessened dependecy a wife had on their husband.
​https://feminisminindia.com/2018/04/25/summary-second-wave-of-feminism/

Important figures:
Elizabeth Cady Stantion
Born: Nov. 12th 1815 in New York
Married to: Henry Stantion (a abolitionist)
Accomplishments: Author, lecturer and chief philosopher of the women's rights and
suffrage movements.
- She drafted the movements ideologies and political strategies to achieve equality
- On her honeymoon in 1840 she attended the world Anti-Slavery convention and met
Lucrtia Mott and subsequently starts the first women’s rights convention four years
later.
- In 1962 she became involved in Civil war efforts to advocate for the 13th amendment
in brooklyn.

Similar movements:
- Abolitionist movement:
- Sojourner Truth
- Temperance Movement

Third wave feminism

1990’s - +2010’s

Sexist comment about women in Geraldine Ferraro ​(Sen. of NY)​ had an incident with Jim Buck Ross, in 1984. Ferraro
politics questioned Mississippi resident farmers about what they produced, catfish, crayfish,
grapes, blueberries. Ferraro mentioned that she grew berry also. Jim took it upon
 himself to ask “Can you bake a blueberry muffin?” This content doesn't seem to be too
bad until this exchange ensued:
R: “Can you bake a blueberry muffin?”
G: “Can you?”
R: “Down here in Mississippi, the men don’t cook.”
Ross bragged that Mississippi has won three Miss America competitions.

Kamala Harris ​(Sen of CA) ​ “has seen the target of racist and sexist comments.”
The internet has claimed that her relationship with the San Francisco Mayor Willie
Brown has boosted her career.
- These comments are sexist because they imply that Kamala did not get to think about
her career because of hard work.
- If this was a man I don't think that he would be questioned about the deduction of
hard work. Also racist because Elaine Chao is the wife of Kentucky senator Mitch
McConnell and there is nothing about her (a white woman) using him to get ahead in
her career.
https://timesupnow.org/newsroom/times-up-on-sexism-in-politics/

(Fact Checker) ​https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-affair-willie-brown/

Trump calls her “nasty” and a “mad woman” because she a grilling fellow sener about
his attempted rape allegations the he was a teenager.

AOC - women role in politics

in the 90’s
Hillary Clinton - 2016 demarcation party leader

Eleanor roosevelt - the true first lady

Speech - start off stating dates.

Poems
Layer with facts and quotes

https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-08-14/kamala-harris-faces-famili
ar-sexist-remarks-after-joining-the-ticket
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Role of fem
Different weaves of feminism
Woman independent voting

- Alexandra cortez
- Jacinda Ardern
-Kamala Harris

Gender discrination in politics

National organization of Women
We are ok with Women senators but why not presidents