The History of Feminism

Published: 08 March 2019
on channel: The Cynical Historian

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Feminism has a deep history that reactionaries ignore for the sake of hate-filled clickbait. If you choose to understand, you may actually benefit. But to actually understand feminism, much like anything, you have to understand its history. The problem is, it’s kinda disjointed. We have general terms for the movements of feminism, but they are only applied retroactively.

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references:
Linda Kealey, “North America from North of the 49th Parallel,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 492-512. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g

Joan W. Scott, Gender and the Politics of History, Rev. Ed. (1988; New York: Columbia University Press, 1999). https://amzn.to/2S4WPa0
Joan W. Scott, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” The American Historical Review 91, no. 5 (December 1986): 1053-1075.

Barbara Winslow, “Feminist Movements: Gender and Sexual Equality,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 186-210. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g

Deborah Valenze, “Gender in the Formation of European Power, 1750-1914,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 459-476. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g

Joshua Zeitz, Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/2S24TbB

Maggie Humm, The Dictionary of Feminist Theory (Ohio State Univ. Press. 1995). https://amzn.to/2IlGSvF

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Thanks to Dr. Colleen Hall-Patton for helping with the script. And thanks to Viriyah Hodges for giving me some constructive criticism to make this better before release.
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Wiki: The history of feminism comprises the narratives (chronological or thematic) of the movements and ideologies which have aimed at equal rights for women. While feminists around the world have differed in causes, goals, and intentions depending on time, culture, and country, most Western feminist historians assert that all movements that work to obtain women's rights should be considered[by whom?] feminist movements, even when they did not (or do not) apply the term to themselves.[1][2][3][4][5] Some other historians limit the term "feminist" to the modern feminist movement and its progeny, and use the label "protofeminist" to describe earlier movements.[6]

Modern Western feminist history is conventionally split into three time periods, or "waves", each with slightly different aims based on prior progress:[7][8]

First-wave feminism of the 19th and early 20th centuries focused on overturning legal inequalities, particularly addressing issues of women's suffrage
Second-wave feminism (1960s–1980s) broadened debate to include cultural inequalities, gender norms, and the role of women in society
Third-wave feminism (1990s–2000s) refers to diverse strains of feminist activity, seen[by whom?] both as a continuation of the second wave and as a response to its perceived failures[9]
Fourth-wave feminism is a recent development within the feminist movement.
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