WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frederick Denison Maurice, Contagious Diseases Acts, Nellie Mcclung
14 Dec 2017
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Ws 100 - a: lecture: thursday, september 21st: Mary wollstonecraft: vindication of the rights of women (1792) John stuart mill: the subjection of women (1869), mid-nineteenth century liberalism. Frederick denison maurice: reforms to women"s education; queen"s college. Mid nineteenth-century evangelical christianity: new roles for women, early social reform and anti-slavery movements. Karl marx and friedrich engels: origin of the family, private property and states, engels (1884) Three branches of first wave feminism: shared evolutionary and moral discourses: The new woman: literary voices, featured in press. Maternal feminism: more organized, political activism, older woman, more politically visible. Socialist feminism: less organized, social activism, shared in other feminism and the socialist movement. Characteristics: white, middle class, educated, daughters, writers and journalists, same sex desire, athletic. Dress reform: shorter heels, bloomers, allowed for more athletic activities. Sexuality: new frankness of std"s, consequences of sexual risks by men, same-sex desire. Pressing for dress reform and the press. Access to medical books, educated on politics.
