GRSJ 300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Naomi Jaffe, Second-Wave Feminism, Gay Liberation

• School: UBC
• Department: Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
• Course: GRSJ 300
• Professor: Claudia Diaz

Document Summary

Introduction: this feminism is white led, marginalizes the activism and world views of woc, focuses mainly on, chela sandoval describes a version of second wave feminism history as hegemonic feminism. It refers to an old litany of the women"s movement that includes three or four branches of feminism. the us, and treats sexism as the ultimate oppression. Native american, latina, and asian americans in feminist activism as well. Warn was initiated in 1974 by women, many of whom were also members of the american indian movement. Their activism included fighting sterilization in public health service hospitals, suing the u. s. government for attempts to sell pine ridge water in south dakota to corporations, and networking with indigenous people in. Black feminist organizations opened a space for women of colour to work in coalition across organizations with each other: during this period, two cohorts of white women became involved in multiracial feminism.