WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Hijab, Primitive Culture, Seneca Falls Convention
13 Jan 2013
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Seconded by frederick douglas- born into slavery, abolitionist, eloquent speaker, writer. The north star black educated and womens right advocate newspaper. False dichotomy women made for motherhood or political strife, not both. Lowell mill girls leaders of labor movement in us. Board of directors of lowell"s textile mills reduced the workday by 30 minutes in 1847. First investigation done into labour conditions in the us. At time when women couldn"t vote, lowell mill girls took a stand and fought to be heard. At seneca falls convention, slave women issue were completely ignored. Did not see link between slavery, oppressive conditions in factories and womens" right to vote. In victorian period, western feminists used india as reference point for less developed . Western feminists used othering as political strategy to get the vote. If women weren"t given vote, theyd be like slaves, that would be uncivilized. British women used notion of harems in india as a sign of enslavement, primitive culture.
