“Some people think I'm saying, 'Women of the world unite -- you have nothing to lose but your men. It's not true. You have nothing to lose but your vacuum cleaners.” Stated by Betty Friedan, who was the woman who began the second wave of feminism. To comprehend the second wave of feminism, we have to understand the first wave of feminism. The topic being The Women's Suffrage Movement. The first wave of feminism started in 1849 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton who started to talk to a crowd at the Seneca falls conventions. Then she joined a group of feminists called the champions of feminism. The woman suffrage movement went on until 1920. The women fought for ideal rights as an American, such as the right to vote. In the 1920 election, they finally
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There were many reasons why what she thought was valid; such as employment for women over men and how it is more of a chance for a man to get a job than a woman, even if the woman is more skilled. This book started the second wave of feminism which was a period a feminist activity in the 1960’s. Then there were acts before 1960 that introduced that there should be equal rights for women, and men named the Equal Rights Amendment. Even if women were able to get a job other than being a housewife, the average woman wouldn't get paid the same amount as men, so they made an act named the Equal Pay Act of …show more content…
Mary Wollstonecraft the one who wrote the book explains about how women should learn the same subjects as men. She wanted the education of men and women to be equal. She also explains that women shouldn’t just stay in the house and only learn to cook and clean. Betty Friedan has the same concept. Betty believes the same thing. She thinks that grown women and little girls should learn more things as they grow up. The grown up learns how to be a good wife, while the little girl learns how to do dishes or clean the house. Betty Friedan wanted women not only stay in the house but to learn how to make an income for themselves. She believed that men and women should be able to both support a family and that the women could also work outside of the house and to not just be a housewife, and later would be something bigger. Later in the 18th century to the 19th century employment and jobs would later be a bigger
There were many reasons why what she thought was valid; such as employment for women over men and how it is more of a chance for a man to get a job than a woman, even if the woman is more skilled. This book started the second wave of feminism which was a period a feminist activity in the 1960’s. Then there were acts before 1960 that introduced that there should be equal rights for women, and men named the Equal Rights Amendment. Even if women were able to get a job other than being a housewife, the average woman wouldn't get paid the same amount as men, so they made an act named the Equal Pay Act of …show more content…
Mary Wollstonecraft the one who wrote the book explains about how women should learn the same subjects as men. She wanted the education of men and women to be equal. She also explains that women shouldn’t just stay in the house and only learn to cook and clean. Betty Friedan has the same concept. Betty believes the same thing. She thinks that grown women and little girls should learn more things as they grow up. The grown up learns how to be a good wife, while the little girl learns how to do dishes or clean the house. Betty Friedan wanted women not only stay in the house but to learn how to make an income for themselves. She believed that men and women should be able to both support a family and that the women could also work outside of the house and to not just be a housewife, and later would be something bigger. Later in the 18th century to the 19th century employment and jobs would later be a bigger