GS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glass Ceiling, Kay Hymowitz, Postmodern Feminism
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John stuart mill the subjection of women (1869) A treaties for women"s rights, based on: liberal principles of human equality, and, the benefits of including women"s unrealized potential in (cid:2) society. (cid:2) (cid:2) A vindication of the rights of women, chapter ii (1792) Fun fact: mary wollstonecraft was the mother of mary shelley, author of frankenstein. (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) First wave feminism late 1800s, early 1900s. Right to own property and equality in inheritance. Access to work in the civil service. Right to vote and to be elected to political office. The concern for official equality before the law became especially focused on the right to vote: the suffrage movement. Canadian suffrage battles won in 1916-17 (western provinces plus. War effort drew women out of the home and into factories. Poster internal to westinghouse electric, 1943 ( we can do it woman poster) Later converted into a symbol of the women"s movement.
