POL S101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: 20Th Century Women, Environmentalism, Woodlot
30 Mar 2016
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Eliminating discriminatory practices, while challenging the traditional views about women. Wrote a vindication of the rights of women (1792), in response to the declaration of the rights of man, rejecting the common notion that women"s natural role was to please men and raise & bear the children. She argued that women are human beings with the same capacity for rational thinking as men and should have the same rights as men. Assumed women were more likely to choose domestic life rather than paid employment. Women would be better equipped to raise their children and marriages would be happier if women were educated and equal. Women played a large role in various political activities in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Various groups challenged a variety of laws that gave men legal control of women, their property, and even their children.
