CRM/LAW C113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Catharine Mackinnon, Tina Fey, Liz Lemon
29 Mar 2016
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It"s the idea that women and men should have equal political, economic, and social rights. For some, feminism suggests that many dramatic examples of women organizing for justice or thwarting social convention. For others, feminism is not an isolated movement but one that by necessity is intersectional and multifaceted. Feminism is an extremely powerful political and social force. At its roots, feminism is about equal rights. A brief history of women"s rights and early concepts of equality. Some of the earliest arguments for equal legal treatment include the rights to vote, make contracts, and own property. The battle for suffrage saw women speaking in public for the first time in american history. Early strategies for women"s suffrage were tied to the abolitionist movement and racial enfranchisement. Declaration of sentiments was a manifesto modeled after the. The seneca falls convention = beginning of the first wave of the women"s rights movement.
