11.013[J] Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Romanticism, Smith College, High Standard Manufacturing Company

• School: MIT
• Department: Urban Studies and Planning
• Course: 11.013[J]
• Professor: Robert Fogelson

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Topic: analyzing the catalyst of the second wave of the feminist movement in the. Thesis: the aftermath of world war ii created a society that allowed betty friedan"s. The feminist mystique to catalyze the second wave of the feminist movement in the. Section a: women during and after world war ii. Thesis: the second wave of feminism was a slightly delayed response to women"s return to their domestic lives after world war ii. During the war, the united states utilized all of its assets, including women. While men were off fighting in world war ii, women volunteered to join the workforce in the industrial effort to supply the war. During that time, the image of women"s roles changed dramatically. Government advertisements, such as rosie the riveter, urged women to assume jobs on the home front. Women were encouraged to be powerful and driven while still maintaining their femininity.