First Wave Feminism - 1830’s – early 1900’s by Megan Burton https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1 en-us 2019-03-19 00:58:31 UTC 2019-03-19 01:43:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Suffragists began to make headway in 1860 when New York passed the Married Women's Property Act. The bill legalized property ownership, joint child custody and wage retention for women. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659030 2019-03-19 01:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659030 The use of the word "feminism" to describe the support for women's rights migrated from France to the United States by 1910. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659150 2019-03-19 01:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659150 The First-wave feminism was fighting for women’s right to vote. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659747 2019-03-19 01:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659747 Elizabeth Cady Stanton– she was both a suffragist and an abolitionist. She is credited with being one of the first women’s rights activists. Stanton died in 1902, about 18 years before woman legally gained the right to vote. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659818 She wrote the very influential book The Woman's Bible in 1895, trying to argue for equality using this Bible.]]> 2019-03-19 01:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342659818 The goal of this first wave was to open up opportunities for women, with a focus on suffrage. cul00071 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342660819 2019-03-19 01:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342660819 Lucretia Mott- was a major female leader in the abolitionist movement. She was recognised for her women’s rights work through her election as the first president of the Equal Rights Association in May 1866. She worked with Stanton to create the Seneca Falls Convention. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342660891 2019-03-19 01:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342660891 The first formal and organised discussion of the women's social and civil rights at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when three hundred men and women rallied to the cause of equality for women. cul00071 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342660916 2019-03-19 01:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342660916 Lucy Stone– Important abolitionist and supporter of the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661079 2019-03-19 01:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661079 Susan B. Anthony– Strong supporter of temperance, women’s suffrage and the abolitionist movement. She believed that women needed a political voice if they were ever to influence public affairs. Her dedication to the temperance movement, along with her feelings that she was unable to truly make a difference without having a vote, led to her involvement in the suffrage movement. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661228 2019-03-19 01:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661228 bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661597 2019-03-19 01:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661597 bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661925 2019-03-19 01:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342661925 Barbara Leigh Smith - saw and focused on employment and education for women as critical areas to focus on. cul00071 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342662846 2019-03-19 01:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342662846 Southern Australia was one the first places women could vote. This was achieved in 1895. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342663157 2019-03-19 01:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342663157 In Denmark, they had already achieved voting rights, woman's access to education, work and marital rights during the 1920s. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342663914 2019-03-19 01:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342663914 In Russia, the rise of socialist and Communism helped to create greater feminist equality. Although women did gain the right to vote and were considered equal to men in Soviet society, voting was restricted to the Communist party. they also gained generous maternity leave, free childcare, abortion rights, and generally had greater access to higher education. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342664587 2019-03-19 01:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342664587 cul00071 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342664660 2019-03-19 01:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342664660 cul00071 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342664953 2019-03-19 01:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342664953 In the UK, women gained the right to vote in 1918, although their rights were not fully equal to men until 1928. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342665030 2019-03-19 01:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342665030 Sylvia Pankhurst, a famous socialist who helped campaign for women equality and many other causes she considered part of social injustice. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342665245 2019-03-19 01:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342665245 In the UK, there were restrictive laws, such as prohibition from wealthy women from controlling their property, that were not fully removed until the late 1890s. In the 1850s, divorce became an issue that was moved to the civil courts rather than requiring the Church to be responsible for. bur0055 https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342665488 2019-03-19 01:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bur0055/pyd6s1r1tlx1/wish/342665488