Professional Documents
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CMN3104
Women and the Media
October 15, 2015
Feminisms
• Feminism
1st Wave
2nd Wave
3rd Wave ?
• Backlash/Anti-feminism
• Post-feminism
– Girlie feminism
– Gaga feminism
Feminism
• Gender equality
1st Wave: the vote
(late 1800s – early 1900s)
In Canada – Famous Five and the “Persons” case
1929: Women recognized as “persons”
Emily Murphy, Irene Marryat Parlby, Nellie
Mooney McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney,
Henrietta Muir Edwards
2 Wave
nd