WS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Seneca Falls Convention, No Wave, Intersectionality
11 Apr 2018
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Wave metaphor: difficult to identify specific end and beginning but rather flow into one another. Wave one: 19th and early 20th century. Seneca falls convention (1848) first women"s rights convention in the us. Focused on women"s inability to vote, their lack of representation in government and politics, and their invisibility in the law. Sojourner truth speaks at the women"s rights convention in akron, ohio. People believed that her discussions of anti-slavery would detract from women"s rights . Her speech addresses the contradictions evident in discussions of womanhood and women"s rights. I want to say a few words about this matter. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have heard much about the sexes being equal. I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if i can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now.
