"Ways of the World" by Robert W. Strayer Chapter 16, Chapter 17 & Chapter 18
Strayer supplies some interesting information in Chapter 16 that caught my attention about the feminist movement in the nineteenth century, especially in Europe and North America. I have written down a few things that I found particular important throughout the reading.
- In French Revolution, some women argued that liberty and equality must include women.
- The middle-class women found more educational opportunities and less household drudgery.
- Women increasingly joined temperance movements, charities, abolitionist movements, missionary work, etc.
- Maternal feminism argued for women’s distinctive role as mothers.
- The first organized expression of feminism took place at a women’s rights conference in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
- The feminist movement was transatlantic from the beginning.
- 1870s, movements focused above all on suffrage:
a. Movements included the middle-class, not just the elite
b. Most worked through peaceful protest and persuasion
c. The women’s movement became a mass movement in most industrialized countries by the turn of the century
- 1900, the movement had several effects:
a. some women had been admitted to universities
b. women’s literacy rates were rising
c. some U.S. states passed laws allowing women to control their property and wages d. some areas liberalized divorce laws
e. some women made their way into new professions
- The movement led to discussion of the role of women in modern society.
- Feminism spread beyond Europe and the United States, but less widely than nationalism.
-Robert W. Strayer & Eric W. Nelson (p.723-727)
- In French Revolution, some women argued that liberty and equality must include women.
- The middle-class women found more educational opportunities and less household drudgery.
- Women increasingly joined temperance movements, charities, abolitionist movements, missionary work, etc.
- Maternal feminism argued for women’s distinctive role as mothers.
- The first organized expression of feminism took place at a women’s rights conference in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
- The feminist movement was transatlantic from the beginning.
- 1870s, movements focused above all on suffrage:
a. Movements included the middle-class, not just the elite
b. Most worked through peaceful protest and persuasion
c. The women’s movement became a mass movement in most industrialized countries by the turn of the century
- 1900, the movement had several effects:
a. some women had been admitted to universities
b. women’s literacy rates were rising
c. some U.S. states passed laws allowing women to control their property and wages d. some areas liberalized divorce laws
e. some women made their way into new professions
- The movement led to discussion of the role of women in modern society.
- Feminism spread beyond Europe and the United States, but less widely than nationalism.
-Robert W. Strayer & Eric W. Nelson (p.723-727)
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