Introducing Feminism

FEMINISM IS THE STRUGGLE TO END SEXIST OPPRESSION

Milestones of First Wave Feminism

first wave feminism as referring to the organized feminist activity which evolved in Britain and the USA in the second half of the 19th century.

particular Queen Elizabeth I’s accession to the throne in 1558 and her long and successful reign as a single female.

MAN IS THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD ...
... JUST AS THE MONARCH IS THE HEAD OF STATE AND JESUS HEAD OF THE CHURCH.

Chris Weedon.

“PATRIARCHAL REFERS TO POWER RELATIONS IN WHICH WOMEN’S INTERESTS ARE SUBORDINATED TO THE INTERESTS OF MEN.”
“THESE POWER RELATIONS TAKE ON MANY FORMS, FROM THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR AND THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF PROCREATION TO THE INTERNALIZED NORMS OF FEMINITY BY WHICH WE LIVE.”
“PATRIARCHAL POWER RESTS ON SOCIAL GIVEN TO BIOLOGICAL SEXUAL DIFFERENCE

FEMINISM IS THE STRUGGLE TO END SEXIST OPPRESSION

Abigail Adams (1744–1818), wife of John Adams, the second President of the USA, was one of the most influential women of her day. During the American Revolution (1775–83), she and her husband lived apart by virtue of his politi

They were not particularly concerned with working-class women, and did not label themselves as feminists (a term coined in 1895). They were mostly concerned with injustices that they had experienced on a personal basis.

They were mostly concerned with injustices that they had experienced on a personal basis.