Summary Of Nancy Cott's Grounding Of Modern Feminism

Feminist

I. What does it mean to be a feminist?
a. Bell Hooks states that modern feminism is united by lifestyle and no bearing of politics by ending sexist oppression.
b. Cott says it is a “Principle of being conscious.”

II. How did the outbreak of feminists form?
a. Rupp and Taylor notes that the NWP (National Women’s Party) implemented reproductive choice and racism into the women’s movement.
b. Nancy Cott’s author of “Grounding of Modern Feminism” -- book is history of women’s movement in 1910’s&1920’s. (According to Cott’s, that is when feminism was born in the US)
c. Cott also states that feminist took up political and cultural concerns in those ages.
d. Cott states that the Equal Rights Amendment is a role of sexuality in the family;