GWS 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Communist Manifesto, Radical Feminism, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
15 Sep 2016
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The only purpose for which power can b rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to the others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. (j. s. Elizabeth cady stanton, susan b. anthony: early abolitionists and american women"s. Declaration of sentiments: modeled dec. of ind. but included women all men and women are created equal . Susan b. anthony: women should also have equal chances to earn a living, bc many women were impoverished; also marriage equality (equal property ownership, etc. ) Alexandra kollontai: marxist socialist feminist: commissar for social welfare in russia 1920s, state should regulate everything: marriage laws, education, women"s reproductive health, economy, free maternal care, equal work responsibilities, gov. funded child care. Her policies got reversed when lenin gets overthrown: vs liberal theory that marriage shouldn"t be controlled by anyone.
