SOCI 2P90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Susan Brownmiller, Betty Friedan, Radical Feminism
15 Sep 2016
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Social movements don"t just happen out of the blue. 1800"s capitalism was evolving, and it deprived a lot of middle class women out of productive roles they could have had and drew women into other roles. Small families became the norm, and life expectancy of women increased. Believed that all women should be equal citizens with men. Believed women would become full citizens once enfranchment occurred. Also called maternal feminists women were special, they were equal to men but they were also special because they had nurturing qualities. Harriet tubman: helped many slaves escape from the states to st catharines. Support by various organizations for securing passage of the suffrage amendment or the vote for women. Same belief among different groups >> the same goal- suffrage- could serve different purposes. 1918 most women got the vote in canada not aboriginal women.
