WMST 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Gender Inequality, Intersectionality

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WMST 2010
• Professor: Josey

Document Summary

Elizabeth cady stanton: abolition, temperance, women"s rights, christianity and feminism, intersectionality: race, class; privilege, oppression. Significant quote: having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides , essentially, women have been denied presentation. Social impact of injuries and fatalities: riskiest occupational sectors in the us, a lot of jobs-related injuries tend to be underreported, work-related are hard on hispanic families because, life insurance isn"t common. Immigrants take on riskier jobs due to necessity: immigrants tend to take riskier jobs, lack of legal status of some immigrants, lower english ability, less education, fewer job opportunities. Author"s perspective: question whether or not immigrants have an impact on working conditions and will they worsen because there are more people competing for jobs. Significant quote: states that they not only do immigrants work in more dangerous industries and occupations.