Women in Hollywood | Feminist media influencers/Authors/journalists: | Social Justice and Feminism | Influential Figures/Feminists at Michigan: | Feminist History: |
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Who is Audrey Hepburn
Well-known for her role in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, she was influential as a UNICEF humanitarian and fashion icon.
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Who is Betty Friedan
this women’s 1963 book “The Feminine Mystique” helped launch second-wave feminism. She was an influential activist who protested for equal rights and explored the oppression of white women
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What is Mother Jones
This is a social justice magazine named after a women labor leader of the 19th century
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Who is Abigail Adams
This person spoke out about women being included in the Declaration of Independence. She is the wife of one of the presidents.
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What is Radical Feminism
Arising out of the second feminist wave, this school of thought proposes that society is undergirded with patriarchal biases
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Who is Ava DuVernay
The acclaimed American filmmaker who directed the movie Selma and the Netflix documentary 13th.
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who is Jane Austen
This author published her celebrated sextet of novels in the early 19th century, although her name never appeared on any of her books during her lifetime.
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What is Secretary of State
Madeline Albright was appointed by President Clinton to this role in the federal government and was the first woman to hold this position
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What Harvard Law School
Martha Minow received her BA from UM in 1975 and served as Dean of this prestigious law school from 2009-2017.
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What is "The Personal is Political"
A phrase popularized by Carol Hanish's 1969 essay used by second wave feminists in the 1960's and 1970's. it was a challenge to the nuclear family and family values
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Who is Shonda Rhimes
The celebrated showrunner who created and executively produced popular television projects such as Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal.
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Who is Virginia Woolf
This author became a staple of the early 20th century arts scene in London thanks to her well-received novels and essays like Orlando, Mrs. Dalloway, and "A Room of One’s Own."
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What is Pussy Riot
This Russian feminist punk rock group has dealt with various politically charged themes such as feminism, LGBT rights, democracy, freedom of speech and opposition to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin
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What is Mathematics
Marjorie Lee Brown graduated in 1950 being the third African American woman to receive a PhD in this field that is now notorious at UM for being a very difficult department.
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Seneca Falls
The first women’s rights convention was held in this New York town in 1848.
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who is Nadine Labaki
The Lebanese actor, director, and activist who recently directed Capernaum, which was nominated as Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.
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Who is Bell Hooks
This author asserts that “feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression,” and that anyone who believes in these principles can identify as a feminist.
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Who is Florence Kelly
This person initiated and coined the term social justice feminism in the early 1900s. They envisioned the passage and implementation of labor legislation for working women.
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Who is Madonna
This record-breaking Queen of Pop attended UM but did not graduate.
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What is the Declaration of Independence
The “Declaration of Sentiments” drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and presented at the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848 was framed after this American Document
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Who is Meryl Streep
She holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of all time, having been nominated 21 times.
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Who is Audre Lorde
This American author, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist published work that speaks to the importance of struggle for liberation among oppressed peoples and of organizing in coalition across differences of race, gender, sexual orientation, class, age and ability, which includes A Burst Of Light. The Black Unicorn, and Between Ourselves.
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What is Sister Song WOC reproductive Justice Collective
In 1997, 16 women-of-color-led organizations representing four communities of color – Native American, Latin American, African American, and Asian American – then launched this nonprofit, the first organization founded to build a reproductive justice movement
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What is an M.D
In 1871, Amanda Sanford was the first woman to graduate with this type of degree from a University of Michigan grad school.
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The isle of man
This is where property-owning women first won the right to vote
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