Suffrage

1960-1980s

The Antia hill case of 1991

This kind of feminism works within the structure of mainstream society to integrate women into it and make it more responsive to individual women’s rights, but does not directly challenge the system itself or the ideology behind women’s oppression. The suffragist movement is an example.

19th century and 20th century

Betty Friedan’s book, The Feminine Mystique.

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School of thought which argues that sexism, class oppression, gender identity and racism are inextricably bound together The way these concepts relate to each other is called intersectionality. The term intersectionality theory was first coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989.In her work, Crenshaw discussed Black feminism, which argues that the experience of being a black woman cannot be understood in terms of being black or of being a woman. Each concept is considered independently, but must include the interactions, which frequently reinforce each other. The Combahee River Collective argued in 1974 that the liberation of black women entails freedom for all people, since it would require the end of racism, sexism, and class oppression.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ

Abolitionist Movement

Public and private injustices such as rape, reproductive rights, domestic violence, and workplace safety.

1992 because 24 women won seats in the House of Representatives and three more won seats in the Senate.

This approach to feminism is concerned mainly about how globalization and capitalism affect people across nationalities, races, ethnicities, genders, classes, and sexualities and has reinforced a range of global movements. It recognizes inequalities across different groups of women and the importance of intersectionality as a way to understand and engage difference. While global issues do not affect women in the same way because of these differences, the impact of these issues and power dynamics are seen to be crucial to feminist social justice agendas. This vision understands the need for comprehensive approaches that integrate multiple issues and movements to find common cause across agendas to ensure long-term social transformation.

#metoo and #timesup

The First wave was exclusive to white women. Eventually, the movement was able to gain voting rights but for white women only.

Intersectional Feminism

Kimberle Crenshaw and Judith Butler

Intersectional Feminism

TERF
Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist

Champion of black women’s right to vote and the abolitionist movement was Sojourner Truth, a former slave who had become a preacher in the 1830s.

Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Women’s Educational Equity Act of 1972 and 1974, The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974,

Sexual harassment

Liberal Feminism, Radical Feminism, Black Feminism, Global Feminism, Cultural Feminism, and Eco Feminism