SOCIOL 3P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Third-Wave Feminism, Second-Wave Feminism
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Feminists theory: a wide system of ideas about social life and human experience developed from a women centered perspective. It is woman centered because it examines the situations and experiences of women: tries to understand and describe the social world from the standpoint of women. The development of feminist theory: the first wave (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:885)(cid:882)"s (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:884)(cid:882)"s(cid:524) During the first wave, the theoretical ideas that would come to dominate sociology would be developed by three white, Regarded to be the three classical theorists. Early feminists were also working in this time making important contributions but receiving no recognition we"re completely overlooked. Now, as time has progressed, the early feminists are considered to be among the classical theorists. Early feminism focused on the struggle of women for political rights. The great depression to use their political rights to affect change in society. A number of social crises during this time . In a number of countries, women finally got the vote by the.