women's history overview

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Womens Rights


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Early Womens Rights Early 1800s: women were

socially and legally inferior to

menthey could not vote,could not own land (if married,and legally had to give anyearnings to their hus!ands"

Women !ecame involved with

the a!olition and tem#erancemovements of the 18$0s

Eli%a!eth &ady 'tanton,ucretia )ott, *arrison,'o+ourner ruth

'eneca -alls &onvention:.eclaration of 'entiments18/8

)arried Womens ro#erty

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"They are only semi-women,

mental hermaphrodites"

2enry -" 2arrington, Ladies' Companion, 1834


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"It was a strange stirring, a sense of

dissatisfaction, a yearning that

women suffered in the middle of the

20th century in the nited !tates

Each su#ur#an housewife struggled

with it alone $s she made the #eds,

shopped for groceries, matched

slipco%er material, ate peanut #utter

sandwiches with her children,

chauffeured &u# !couts and

'rownies, lay #eside her hus#and atnight, she was afraid to as( e%en of

herself the silent )uestion* +Is this

all+"


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Women are an oppressed class. Our oppression is

total, affecting every facet of our lives. We areexploited as sex objects, breeders, domesticservants, and cheap labor. We are consideredinferior beings, whose only purpose is to enhancemens lives. Our humanity is denied. Our prescribed

behavior is enforced by the threat of physicalviolence. 5 Redstoc6ings (7itch )anifesto (19


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.eminism is doomed to failure #ecause it is #ased on an

attempt to repeal and restructure human nature/

What I am defending is the real rights of women $ woman

should ha%e the right to #e in the home as a wife and mother/

!eual harassment on the 1o# is not a pro#lem for %irtuous

women/

!e education classes are li(e in-home sales parties for

a#ortions/

! i d t h !


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eena means !usinessdont #ass her !y"

ou cant afford to overloo6 the high school

girl;'hes an im#ortant girl and !ound to!e


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