https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238 Keir Welliver en-us 2020-02-11 15:56:19 UTC 2025-10-30 16:02:06 UTC hello@padlet.com kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443764662 1960: JFK elected president, "The Pill" aka birth control is born,

1961: US builds it's presence in Vietnam, idea of impending war strengthens. USSR tests hydrogen bomb

1962: First 'Students for a Democratic Society' meeting, Marilyn Monroe dies, "Silent Spring" published bringing attention to the environment

1963: JFK assassinated, "The Feminine Mystique" published

1964: Civil Rights Act

1965: Voting rights act; ends discrimination in the polls, the "hippie movement" is introduced

1966: Martin Luther King opposes the war on Vietnam, NOW is formed

1967: The "Hippie Movement" gets big, summer of love,

1969: We land on the moon, the first email is created, Stonewall Riots

1972: Ms. magazine becomes a stand alone magazine, Steinem writes "Wonder Woman"
https://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/timeline/timeline_text.html

]]> 2020-02-11 15:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443764662 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765039 A spokeswoman for feminism from the 1960s-70s, Gloria Steinem became one of the most famous feminists in American Society. She became such an icon thanks to comic books, primarily "Wonder Woman." It was the first comic she could relate to where the woman had genuine power. Steinem looked up to the creator, William Moulton, for empowering her to even be a feminist. Only later did she realize he may not have had the ideas she portrayed him to have. This further pressured her to question the societal constraints put on women. Eventually Steinem gave up on Wonder Woman, growing out of the comic as Wonder Woman became over-sexualized and increasingly powerless. After some time, though, she realized how much the comic really did save her she began to fight for Wonder Woman's rights once again. ]]> 2020-02-11 16:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765039 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765455 *A comic book can link into a persons mind and offer ideas not once thought about
*Superheroes preserve the idea of free-will and power
*Women, as depicted by Wonder Women, should not blindly accept the domination of men
*Wonder woman highlighted equality, peace, love, and justice.
*The writer of the comic "Wonder Woman" may not have been as feminine as depicted
*Steinem challenges the idea of men standing for violence and women standing for love
*She highlights a mother's impact on her daughter. Taming the daughter for either fear or powerlessness
*Wonder Woman's power diminished over time, leaving her more dependent on men 
*After push-back, the writers of Wonder Woman gave in to feminism and revamped her to be the same powerful woman if not more powerful. 
*Steinem ends by highlighting a past dominated by women (the amazon society) and how it was likely real.

]]> 2020-02-11 16:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765455 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765708 Steinem describes Wonder Woman as "protofeminist" but she could have definitely been more feminist. William Moulton, the author of the "Wonder Woman" comic based the female heroine off his view of what a woman should be. He believed they exist to bring love and peace while men only brought force. Steinem greatly disagreed, questioning society's view of men and women and how detrimental it is to advancement. Men should not be expected to be violent, just as women should not be expected to make men obey. Steinem's belief in feminism is based on the idea of equality. ]]> 2020-02-11 16:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765708 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765976 Essay written in 1972 by Gloria Steinem. Issued in a copy of Ms. magazine.]]> 2020-02-11 16:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443765976 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443801534 2020-02-11 16:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443801534 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443803961 2020-02-11 16:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/443803961 kwelliver https://padlet.com/kwelliver/rx8b1mdo1238/wish/444086159 Born: March 25, 1934 in Ohio
Education: Bachelors at Smith College in Massachusetts in 1956, then studied in India for 2 years
- Feminist, activist
- Co-founder of Ms. (a feminist magazine) in 1972
- Co-founded Women's Media Center in 2005, aimed to make women visible and powerful in media
- Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Glamour Lifetime Achievement Award

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