POL344H1 Lecture 5: October 24 word
Document Summary
Fe m in is m a n d women"s mo ve m e n ts: backgrounds to second-wave activism. Women pushing for right to vote in late 19th c - had to hide mobilization in toronto by masking them as book clubs - toronto ladies literary society. Famous 5 - litigated judicial body responsible for appeals of canadian court decision. Persons case - women are persons and eligible to serve in the senate of canada. 1940 for quebec right to vote paralleled decisions in france and italy (other catholic societies) Early push for women"s legal rights: stone de beauvoir, the second sex - major intellectual grounding for second-wave feminism which appeared in late 1940s. Post ww2 period - quiet - understanding origins of second wave feminism. 1949 de beauvoir - le deuxi me sex - translated in 1953 - huge instant bestseller during period when it was assumed there wasn"t a lot of social unrest.
