The United States ofAmerica Unit 12 The Women's Liberation Movement in America
The United States of America Unit 12 The Women’s Liberation Movement in America
Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1美国妇女运动第一浪潮 2《女性的奥秘》 3“全国妇女组织” 4女权主义（女性主义） 5“玻璃天花板
Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1 美国妇女运动第一浪潮 2 《女性的奥秘》 3 “全国妇女组织” 4 女权主义（女性主义） 5 “玻璃天花板
Focal Points the first wave of the American Women's Movement 。 Seneca Fall convention in 1848 and the Seneca Fall Declaration 。Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton improvements in the conditions of women's lives in the 20th century the second wave of the American Women's Movement Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique ·NOW the backlash against feminism current status of American women
Focal Points • the first wave of the American Women’s Movement • Seneca Fall convention in 1848 and the Seneca Fall Declaration • Lucretia Mott • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • improvements in the conditions of women’s lives in the 20th century • the second wave of the American Women’s Movement • Betty Friedan and The Feminine Mystique • NOW • the backlash against feminism • current status of American women
This Unit Is Divided into Five Sections I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement II.An Overall Improvement in the Conditions of Women's Lives III.The Second Wave of the American Women's Movement IV.The Backlash against Feminism V.The Current Status of Women
This Unit Is Divided into Five Sections I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement II. An Overall Improvement in the Conditions of Women’s Lives III. The Second Wave of the American Women’s Movement IV. The Backlash against Feminism V. The Current Status of Women
I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement In the 1840s,the American feminists saw the connection between women's position and that of the black slaves: -The two groups were both described as inferior,and therefore needing mastery; -They were often described as childlike,and therefore needing control; -They were regarded as without intelligence,and therefore not to be trusted to vote or to exercise judgment in public affair; -They were basically unthinking and thus inferior creatures, they were actually happier under the domination of masters
I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement • In the 1840s, the American feminists saw the connection between women’s position and that of the black slaves: -The two groups were both described as inferior, and therefore needing mastery; -They were often described as childlike, and therefore needing control; -They were regarded as without intelligence, and therefore not to be trusted to vote or to exercise judgment in public affair; -They were basically unthinking and thus inferior creatures, they were actually happier under the domination of masters
I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement ·The Seneca Falls Convention: A meeting was held to consider the"social,civil, and religious condition and rights of women in Seneca Falls in upstate New York in 1848
I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement • The Seneca Falls Convention: A meeting was held to consider the “social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women in Seneca Falls in upstate New York in 1848
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I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement The key-note speaker at the meeting was Lucretia Mott (1793- 1880). Lucretia Mott was an American Quaker, abolitionist, a women‘s rights activist, and a social reformer
I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)also played an important role at the convention.She was an American social activist. abolitionist and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.The Declaration of Sentiments she presented at the Seneca Falls Convention is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women's suffrage movements in the United States
I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) also played an important role at the convention. She was an American social activist, abolitionist and leading figure of the early women’s rights movement. The Declaration of Sentiments she presented at the Seneca Falls Convention is often credited with initiating the first organized women's rights and women’s suffrage movements in the United States
I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement Frederick Douglass(1818- 1895)was present at the convention.Born into slavery,douglass had taught himself to read and write,and now the editor of a weekly abolitionist paper,The North Star,and champion of full political rights for women,he stoutly defended a document drafted and read at the convention,The Seneca Falls Declaration
I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement Frederick Douglass (1818- 1895) was present at the convention. Born into slavery, Douglass had taught himself to read and write, and now the editor of a weekly abolitionist paper, The North Star, and champion of full political rights for women, he stoutly defended a document drafted and read at the convention, The Seneca Falls Declaration
I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement The Seneca Falls Declaration is now regarded as the single most important document of the nineteenth-century American woman's movement.Using the Declaration of Independence as a model,it marks the first call for systematic rights for women along the lines of those already available to white men. The Declaration states: We hold these truths to be self-evident:that all men and women are created equal;that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights;that among these are life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness;that to secure these rights governments are instituted,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement The Seneca Falls Declaration is now regarded as the single most important document of the nineteenth-century American woman’s movement. Using the Declaration of Independence as a model, it marks the first call for systematic rights for women along the lines of those already available to white men. The Declaration states: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed