Second-wave feminism

The civil rights movements made way for the second wave feminism movement to grow in the United States. Second Wave of Feminism challenged a broad range of social and political problems. Second Wave of Feminism affected the lives of most women throughout America because it covered a broad range of concerns for women rights. The movement focused on issues surrounding reproductive rights, racial inequality, gay rights, and economic and labor equality for the women in the United States. Although…

First-wave feminism was caused by the American Industrial Revolution during the 19th century and the First World War because of how it drastically changed the demographics of the workforce. The Industrial Revolution changed the U.S. economy to incorporate large factories which would produce goods for mass consumerism. Instead of working and making goods just to support your home, now groups of people were working together to produce more products for a bigger audience. The drastic increase in…

In the words of G.D. Anderson, “feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength (Pugachevsky).” This quote wraps up the original motives of the women at the beginning of the Second Wave of Feminism. Feminism is a hot topic in the media today, as was it over the past fifty years. The women of the Second Wave of Feminism, also known as the Women’s Liberation Movement, were trying to acquire the right to be equal to…

Feminism has evolved, from first wave feminists who gained rights for women in the first part of the century through the bra burning the second wave we have arrived where we are today with at third wave of feminists. Kelsey Hopson-Shiller is a modern third wave feminist and social worker in her 30’s, and we communicated regarding her views on modern feminism, patriarchy and the role of religion in modern America. We started talking about her views on feminism and patriarchy. According to…

During the second wave of feminism women experience several changes and there were specific people, books, and laws that contributed to those changes. For example, people such as Betty Friedan, founders of NOW (National Organization of Women), Jane Roe, and Margaret Sanger; books such as “The Feminine Mystique”. And laws such as The Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act. Before we further more explain what was previously listed it is good…

Alice relates to second wave feminism in many ways, because back when second wave feminism was a thing girls were standing up for what they believed in and abortion and the pill was a big thing that was happening at the time, all the planned parenthoods were opening up, and giving women options, like did they want to take birth control, get an abortion, or get check ups. It gave women the control that they wanted and they felt free. In go ask alice, Alice felt in control when she was doing all…

Hungate History 146-02 November 17, 2017 Jonestown Tragedy United States is facing a massive amount of backlash from the Vietnam War, the 1960s ended with the Civil Rights Era and “War on Poverty” which has effects going into the 1970s. Rise of Second Wave Feminism. Also, the Cold War and resentment towards Communism is widespread across America. These events are what its creating so much upheaval in America in the 1970s Jim Jones was born on May 13,1931 in Indiana. His father was an…

you may have a few thoughts going through you mind, like what’s the difference between second wave feminism and third wave feminism? Alternatively, something like aren’t they all feminist? , And last but not least what is the point in classifying them into two different groups? Even though, both the first and second wave are a part of Feminism, they both started at different points of time within the Feminism era. Since both have different purposes on what being a feminist was about and what…

Third Wave I want to do my research paper on Third Wave feminism. Third Wave feminism is part of a three piece time period of feminism.The name comes from the idea that there have been three major times when feminism was popular or making great strides. First Wave was white women wanting the right to vote. Second Wave Feminism was roughly in the 1970’s and was about stopping domestic abuse, advancing women's rights in the workplace and the start of including women of color in feminism,…

Third wave feminism is the composition of several diverse strains of feminist theories that emerged around the early 1990s, although much like the movement itself it’s origins are subject to a great deal of debate. When Rebecca Walker famously declared in 1992 “I am the Third Wave”, she opened the doors to a movement that moved past what they perceived as the second wave’s ideological rigidity (Walker). This essay explores a wide range of academic discourse on third-wave feminism with the…