CONTEXT - FIRST WAVE FEMINISM

What is the first wave of feminist movement tied to?

first formal women’s right convention in 1848

What did Women initially draw inspiration from?

french revolution, temperance movement, and the abolitionist movement

How did the french revolution impact women?

women played an active role in shaping politics and actively protested the king

What were the main ideas of the temperance movement?

women’s rights to feel safe, part of the Prohibition movement, consisted of many middle class white women concerned with ‘morality’

What was the abolitionist movement?

women from ethnic minorities fighting for basic human rights with many white and middle class women also joining later

What was the main aim of first wave feminism?

women’s right to vote

What did first wave feminism overlook?

intersectonality

What was the importance of Margaret Sanger?

In 196, opened the first birth control clinic in the US even though contraception was prohibited