WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mary Ann Shadd, Emily Murphy, Social Exclusion
8 Jun 2016
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People get left out if they are a person of colour or are crossing borders. Mary ann shadd cary (1823-1893): the wave" narrative fails to make visible the people who exist outside the mainstream. Part of the group who made women count as persons" in eye of the law. Focus: reform rather than revolution (petitioning, lobbying, private connections) Activists were white women: mother-citizens, working girls, equity feminists (considered complete radicals) Asked for equal pay, birth control (change from courtship to dating) In uk (and lesser in us) the action was more violent, in canada they were known for peaceful protesting. Voting didn"t occur for every woman until 1960. Post wwii peace and economic and baby boom: Baby boomer students asked to learn things di erently and have a more exible and inclusive learning system. Focus: the personal is the political : many of the personal problems women experienced were not their fault but the result of systematic oppression.
