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Mizzou WGST 3570 - Women’s Rights Movement

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Reforms around property, marriage, and educationPower of liberal institute, 1950’s marks the beginning of that institutePolitical Powers anchored in peopleOpens up constant debate of who gets to have a political voiceDiscussion challenged nature of male and female. Female could not be full rights citizens.Private space was linked to public spaceNot just angels of house, but of nationsMen needed to regulate how women moved in public spaces1960’s onwards, ridicules womenInferiority from body to mindNot smart enough to go to college.Women wanted state to acknowledge that they were full participantsSuffrage movement moved around women’s rightsIssues all women shared regardless of classWomen saw themselves as a class. (not economically, but as a group with similar issues)Coined by AuclertDefinition- qualities of femalesAll people that were concerned of women’s issues in all kinds of ways, no matter the gender.Feminism as an idealogoy was made possible by complimentary spheres.Because they were women in relation to men with different qualities and that was the basic foundation to women’s rights.They needed a political voice in order to insure that equality would be in the nation19th Century feminism was demonstrated in the two sex model.Women could not do men’s duties and their position was to strengthen the family.2nd strain of women’s rights informers were individualists. Women had individual rights just as menpersonal growth, autonomy.More radical of feminists but also least effectiveRadical means to get at the route of something.Demolish gender system.Much smaller in numberExperience of women to be a great member of societyHave to change institution to change women’s positionIncrease the power of women in society and limit the power of men.Marriage and marriage contractCaroline NortonBorn in 1808 Father died young leaving the family infinancial difficulties1824 Met George Norton, the youngest son of Lord Grantly. Caroline initially refused offer, but pressured by her mother finally agreed to marry George. Marriage a disaster, 3 sons born1831 Met Lord Melbourne (Future PM), became close friends.1835 George Sued Melbourne for adultery1836 George lost the case but still refused Caroline access to her childrenabused her, but then had the children be taken care of by the mistress1842 one child died. Only after his death was she able to see others.Since she went back to her husband, she was unable to sue on grounds of cruelty and abandonment.She begins to write, giving the public her side of the storyGot access to her children but only gained autonomy and independence after he died in 1875Marriage Reform:GB 1857 Marriage and Divorce Act of 1857Heart of problemBritish Law-women would give up legal rights once they were married.Coverture – women were covered by husbands.By marriage and legal existence of women is suspended.Middle class women argued that this was the abomination of women’s rights.Langham Circle outlined all the ways women lost in marriage.Idea of husbands protecting their wives was a pipe dream.The concept of a contract would be to be able to get out of a contract.Kept women independentMost women had been married.Men it was a choice to marry, but not so much for women.Women’s leadership allowed these critiques to be heard.1850’s-1914 Women’s lecture circuits women’s political clubslegal reformsdivorceGB Divorce Act 1857France 1873 proposedSig divorceProperty Reform:GB 1830 and 1886 Infant custody actsGB 1870 Married Women’s property actFr 1907 Married women’s property reform.Maria Deraismes (look her up)Reasons for DivorceAdulteryPhysical AbuseMental AbuseAbandonmentQuestioning a woman’s ability to be a mother was a way for her to lose all that she had.Women’s rights were violated over their lack of power.Motivation for proposing married women’s property lawShoppingCausing men to go into debt but women have no property1860 campaigns in RussiaGermany1870’s Great BritainSpain and Southern EuropeNursing and MedicineAccess to growing education became a concern for the younger generation.Jobs required a background in math, accountancy, science.They were able to work as a secretary, telegraph, photography, accountancy engraving.7 Women of EdenboroughGo to Edenborough and attempt to enroll in classesMale classmates come out and throw sheep parts at themKnown as the Surgeons Hall RiotWere able to enroll in CambridgeItaly and Greece never closed doors to women they just never let them inIn the East, met women with rocks.Feminists have different agendas and different agendas of equality.Women’s Rights Movement 11/11/2014Reforms around property, marriage, and education Power of liberal institute, 1950’s marks the beginning of that institutePolitical Powers anchored in people-Opens up constant debate of who gets to have a political voice-Discussion challenged nature of male and female. Female could not be full rights citizens. -Private space was linked to public spaceoNot just angels of house, but of nations Men needed to regulate how women moved in public spaces 1960’s onwards, ridicules women Inferiority from body to mind-Not smart enough to go to college.Women wanted state to acknowledge that they were full participants Suffrage movement moved around women’s rights-Issues all women shared regardless of classWomen saw themselves as a class. (not economically, but as a group with similar issues)Feminism 11/11/2014Coined by AuclertDefinition- qualities of females All people that were concerned of women’s issues in all kinds of ways, no matter the gender. Feminism as an idealogoy was made possible by complimentary spheres. Because they were women in relation to men with different qualities and that was the basic foundation to women’s rights. They needed a political voice in order to insure that equality would be in the nation19th Century feminism was demonstrated in the two sex model. Women could not do men’s duties and their position was to strengthen the family. 2nd strain of women’s rights informers were individualists. Women had individual rights just as men-personal growth, autonomy.-More radical of feminists but also least effectiveoRadical means to get at the route of something. -Demolish gender system. -Much smaller in number-Experience of women to be a great member of society-Have to change institution to change women’s position-Increase the power of women in


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