A S L 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Simone De Beauvoir, Second-Wave Feminism, Gayle Rubin
9 Sep 2020
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Feminist theory, queer studies, intersectionality: women movement feminist theory, early western feminism (18th and 19th centuries) Mary wollstonecraft, a vindication of the rights of a woman (1792) Was self-educated, used to work, later worked for a magazine gave her confidence to publish her first book about how to educate girls. Men: public sphere of world and politics; work, make money, bring effort. Women: private/domestic sphere of home and family; create a home, to which the men can return. Extend the rights of men to all kind of people (also women) Women as isolated, insolated by their education. Claiming: you are producing what you criticise about women by not educating them: first-wave feminism (c. 1840 - c. 1920) Margaret fuller, victoria woodhull (candidate for president) Called for reform of woman"s social and legal inequalities in britain and the us. Key concerns: education, employment, marriage laws, property, child custody rights, women"s vote.
