Womens’ Liberation Movement Notes

The Womens Liberation movement AKA Womens Lib Feminist travail or Womens Rights Movement womens liberation movement is the radical notion that women are human conceptions -women fighting male situation structure Women, you may be libber if you -had lots of choices after juicy school -had the option of college/grad school -have a career/ speculate and family -plan to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer ( maestro) -support fair work salary for any work -workplace is free of sexual discrimination -participate in womens sports -go to a cleaning woman doctor - right to voter turnout in any g anywherenmental race -run for any political office intend to use daycare -can bear a come along apart (custody) -You have the choose of wearing jeans and tennis shoes instead of a girdle and heels man is not the enemy here that the mate victim -Betty Friedan -If civil experts are denied by somebody, it affects everybody Men, you may be feminist if you -are in college or have had other o pportunities because of moms good job to convey to income -mom had support services to help raise you/siblings -have a content, stay at shoes mom -have ever been asked by by a miss (or paid) Understand and Appreciate Art -How is it put together? What do I own(prenominal)ly bring? -Where did it come from? (Context) The First rove of Feminism 1848-1920 -Womens Rights dominion *Seneca F altogethers, NY July 19-20, 1848 -19th Amendment *ratified June 26, 1920 *voting day November 2, 1920 Second Wave of Feminism 1960s-70s nation of Womens Rights in 1848 by Custom and/or Law -Economic *could not subvert/sell property *could not envision into contracts without husbands consent *actually seen as property -Social *no recourse to spousal abuse *no dissociate without husbands consent *few custody rights over kids *could not go out in public alone Educational *denied any rearing *denied education in math, language *most could not go to college *could not enter the professions (law, e ngineering) *some women attended female seminars or academies to become teachers once they were wed, however, they were open fire -Political *could not serve on a dialog box *could not admit in a case (as well emotional, not trustworthy) *could not vote (not smart, too delicate, vote wish well husband) Lizzy Borden acquitted by a jury of 12 men not guilty of killing her two parents Lizzie Borden took an hack And gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one. The Birth of the Womens Movement -Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention with their husbands in London they were denied seats because they were women -The women reunited at a tea party at the McKlintock House in July 1848 (Seneca Falls, NY) and mulish on a convention -Stanton mostly wrote the The proclamation of Rights and Sentiments *We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created suitable List of Grieva nces -never exercised the right to vote he made her morally, an irresponsible being -in the eye of the law, married women were dead -denied right to education -denied divorce rights -demeaned to second-class citizens Womens Rights Convention, July 19-20, 1848 -300 men and women self-collected at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Seneca Falls, NY -Ratification of their Declaration -Fight over the 11th amendment (suffrage) -Frederick Douglass (great orator, ex-slave, combining weight to Malcolm X) fought for womens rights at the convention compared value of women as lesser than animals in fiat motion-picture show trim back Notes Not for Ourselves Alone- Seneca Falls narrations from female historians reflecting -procession of women to Seneca Falls -July 19, moreover women attended July 20, open to all (over 300 men and women) -Lucretias husband was asked to belong (the women were nervous because they never spoke in public) -men decried women of their rights -68 men and women signed their Declaration -11 bran-new conditions, just 10 were passed still no right to vote -The right to vote is ours. Have it we must, use it we will -Stanton -Without the vote, women would be unable to change the laws that hurt them -Douglass The Suffrage Movement Susan B. Anthony (died 1906) *Last public wrangling Failure is impossible *One of four women and 2 modern women to be on money -Carrie Chapman Catt -Alice Paul Iron Jawed Angels (film) -women jailed for fighting for suffrage The End of the First Wave -Ratification of the 19th Amendment, June 29, 1920 Sufragette women (1920s) who fought for womens rights moving picture Clip Notes -Interview with pathos Dyk (98 yrs. old) mom was a suffragette -Interview with Ethel Hall (100 yrs. old) -more than 8 million women voted -14 years for women to vote since Declaration Stanton and Anthony did not get to vote because they died One Step Forward, two Steps Back -Some improvement -loss of steam -Great De shoveion (Migrant sire ico nic Great Depression photo taken by Dorothy Lange, 1936) We tail assembly Do It World War II The 1940s -women take over masculine jobs to help win the war -if youve used an electric mixer in your kitchen, you can learn to run a drill press -Rosie the Riveter represented a lot of women iconic poster by J. Howard Miller -6 million women became Rosies -Rosie the Riveter by the Four Vagabonds (song) Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jane Baker) was a Rosie operative with planes, when a photographer saw her and took army photos -Fannie Lou Hamer sharecropper who became a satisfying voting rights and civil rights activist Rush to the Altar mid-late 1940s -soldiers come home, women go home, men take back the jobs Marriage rate 1948- 16. 4% 2008- 7. 1% Traditional Housewives (Suburbs) mid-fifties -normalcy after the war -traditional families/sex roles -PhT (Putting preserve Through) and Mrs. degrees (women going to college to find a husband) -the specimen of the housewife the feminine mystique video Clip Notes wherefore Study Home Economics (University of Kansas) -Im going to have to know -.. homemaker the rest of my life -were going to get married, no choice -Counselor Home Ec training teaches you how to be a break a substance homemaker Ultimate Goal Marriage and Family -regardless of education -TV presentation start it to Beaver portrayed traditional family roles -TV was new in the 50s what messages were TV shows displace to men and women? -Drop the Mop song (Equal jobs and educational opportunities) The Winds of discontentednessedness (late 50s, early 60s) legal job discrimination -1/3 women working(a) exterior of home (low paying jobs, laid off first, glass ceiling) -After WWII, new technology -Airline jobs- as soon as a stewardess got married, she was fire wasnt the same for pilots ( whole could be male) -teaching was considered the best job (others were secretaries, but no professions) -Lorena Weeks employ 1964 legislation to fight the legal discriminat ion at work *operated switchboards nether bad hours and low pay Dissatisfied Housewives -Betty Friedan voice of dissatisfied housewives -Wrote The fair(prenominal) Mystique (1953)Video Clip Notes -K. Foley working wife/mother *frozen opportunities and inadequacy of jobs -Dust Roady acquire college degree in 1950, extremityed to be a pilot, denied position and only offered to be a stewardess Video Clip Notes Eastern Airlines commercial-grade -discriminatory and demeaning towards female (stewardesses) -they were fired at age 32, versus male pilots being fired at age 60 -Friedan challenged the identity of women in her intensity .. cannot find herself in a house -not all women bought her message, however -Jacqui Ceball it wasnt us, it was lodgeThe Presidents Commission on the Status of Women 1961 -JFKs presidency women were paid $0. 59 for every $1 men were paid -2008 women were paid $0. 77 for every $1 men were paid -low, unequal pay -poor job opportunities -quotas in profession al schools (only a certain number of women) -lack of social services -TV show any in the Family wage disparity (Archie was the husband) -60s some nuns got rid of their habits (changes in the church) The face-to-face is political -social restrictions *men only and women only public places women were isolated in their own homes- they couldnt meet up and talk -this issue lead to intelligence Raising Groups, where women could talk about anything in privacy without men or children -battered womens shelters -contraceptive rights, including abortion (Roe V. Wade) -rape laws -Before Second Wave Feminism, issues such as abusive relationships were personal problems, not societys problem -However, feminists argued that society indispensablenesss to be involved with solve these problems Video Clip Notes -Women try to enter mens bar women are batch, start all over (black and whites, men and women)Video Clip Notes Second-Class Citizens -60s in some states, women needed husbands cosign to g et a credit board -70s women would not be interrupted during consciousness raising group meetings -womens impact dont iron while the strike is hot The Mid 60s-70s -Civil Rights Act 1964 censor discrimination (race and gender) -National Organization for Women (NOW) 1966 *created by Betty Friedan still one of the largest poetical organizations for womens rights forthwith *aimed at men too (better for them) *not all feminists of 60s agreed with her (like MLK vs Malcolm X)Miss the States Protest 1968 -Guerrilla theatre Video Clip Notes -March on Washington 1963 -led to life-sustaining victory for minorities and women LBJ signs Civil Rights Act -Lorena Weeks cited the Civil RIghts Act to fight *it took 5 years and an appeal to the Supreme Court, but she got the job she cherished -Women in white robes praying Mother, Daughter, Holy Granddaughter -to feminists Miss the States Pageant was epitome of ideal woman -female protestors threw bras, girdles, makeup, and heels in trash -Shirle y Chisholm equal pay and equal opportunities in stock market feminismWomens Liberation I Am Woman, Hear Me godsend -Helen Reddy -Politics -Legal System -Wall Street -Media -Medicine -liberal arts -Sports -Pop Culure -ALL AREAS The womanly Mystique, or Betty, Tina, Mrs. Robinson, and all those other housewives Betty Friedan 1921-2006 -Smith College 1942 -Wife, mother, housewife, source, feminist leader -The Feminist Mystique -Worked as a journalist in 50s, but got fired when she got pregnant she then did free-lance powder store work from home How did the Feminist Mystique get started? -McCalls magazine womens magazine that catered to womens issues asked Friedan to write a rear *Friedan interviewed women she graduated with and asked them What has been your experience as a woman? -The initial human action of the article was to be The Togetherness Woman (the happy, ideal, traditional woman) -Smith Colleges Class of 1942 15th reunion What did McCalls expect to find? -ideal 50s wom en -high levels of satisfaction and happiness -LIFE Magazine, December 1956 ideal American womanwhite, middle-class, frivolous, spoiled, beautiful, boy crazy.. Ideal 50s Woman -Feminine -Delicate Not intellectual -Compliant -Content -Him-focused -Family-focused -House-focused Video Clip Notes -Christian Dior set standards for fashion trends during wartime -Hourglass figure, girdles and slim shapes with big bust -feminine, lubricious -Contestants had to peel potatoes and make a bed in Miss America Pageant Barbie -invented in 1959 -commercial doll (doll $3, clothes $1-5) -Mattel International Video Clip Notes Xerox commercial -first machine in 1959 -take-off on Marilyn Monroe, ditzy secetary -overall message So easy a woman can do it A Housewifes twenty-four hour period -PTA meetings Shopping -Seeing her friends -In her kitchen What did Friedans survey actually find? -discontent, unhappy -unexplained fatigue and somatogenic illness -prescription drug use sky rocketed *3 years 1. 2 million pounds of Miltown (tranquilizer) had been taken by women (mid 50s) -lack of interest in the world or hope for the future -went beyond her college peers She found that for women. -College graduate grade 60% drop out (PhT) -Marriage rates up, age down (average 20yrs and falling in late 50s) -Skyrocketing birthrate -Labor Market 1/3 working nonprofessional jobs Politics Congress- more in 40s than in the 50s What did Friedan conclude? -Women pay off from the problem that has no name *The housewifes blight (doctors used these terms, even) -Psychological problem lack of identity -Trapped in a dilemma *Homemaker lifestyle that was the admire of many but not fulfilling, especially to the educated woman -McCalls denied Friedans magazine Article (editors were men) What is the Feminine Mystique? - office staff WWII ideology that a woman can and should only be fulfilled as a housewife and mother -Resistance sickness, mental defectiveness Intentionally pervasive throughout society - Fight back against Feminine Mystique is the Womens Lib Movement What did Friedan do? -Wrote the Feminine Mystique (1963) *scream of pain -Changed the course of history -Became a pioneer of the Second Wave -Remember Susan B. Anthony was a pioneer of the First Wave Possible Why? Theories -nations need to return to pre-war normalcy? -Artificial irrepressibility idea that in society, there are people who feel they want to be on top, meaning some have to sink to the seam (men vs. omen) -need for a consumer class with time and desire to shop The Freudian Why Theory -Sigmund Freud Father of psychology and psychiatry -Anatomy is destiny *Women are anatomically built to be mothers -Normal female traits are receptivity and passivitya willingness to accept dependence. -Freud is a male chauvinist pig -Shulamith Firestone coined this wording Friedans Conclusion All the theories are true -The Feminine Mystique is pervasive in society and it is the result of an intentional conspiracy by the m ale-dominated society to keep open things male-dominated The Stepford Wives Sci-fi book by Ira Levin men find a way to turn their wives into robots (ideal 50s woman) -Movies 1975- thriller 2004- spoof (credits show many different shots to send his message) The grade (1967) -7 American Film Institute Best movie of all time -Book written by Charles Webb- graduated from William College then wrote it -Ann Bancroft (who inspired prof Loughran to act very young) played Mrs. Robinson, an unhappy housewife -Dustin Hoffman plays Benjamin, a discontent college graduate actor was originally supposed to be tall and attractive, like Robert Redford -Katharine Ross Music Simon and Garfunkel wrote the theme song, which was originally supposed to be Mrs. Roosevelt -Director Mike Nichols Video Clip Notes the Graduate -Scene begins after Bens graduation party -Mrs. Robinson resorts to alcohol and melody -Mrs. Robinson youre trying to seduce me Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) -Comedy of readiness m aking fun of a certain segment of society -exploring dangers of Feminine Mystique in a humorous way - make fun of upper, affluent lifestyles of these people Early Days of TV -1939 World Fair -Rapid expansion *Post WWII leisure *Better technology Better programming -Content *news, drama, variety shows * pass broadcast *advertising 1955 Fort Wayne, Indiana -Social Lives -Education -Business -Church TV and Politics -JFK AKA TV President -TV was live in the 60s *death of Lee Harvey Oswald was aired 1950s/60s TV A Mans World Womens lives are so dull they dont need TV shows women can make decisions in comedies.. -Norman Felton, MGM Executive Producer -Madelyn Martin, writer for Lucy shows Televisions Portrayal of Women (according to Friedan) -boring -jealous -inept -foolish -dependent -weak -silly -spoiled -materialistic I Married Joan (1954 Daytime TV Show) *Joan Davis (like Lucille Ball) *Mrs. Bradley Stevens (married to judge_ Marlo Thomas Arts Hero -Personal Life *Born 1937 *Daughter of Danny Thomas (comedy Danny Thomas Show) *grew up privileged *wife/stepmother Phil Donaghue (precursor to Oprah, similar talk show) *didnt want to get married *saw mistreatment of women firsthand in acting industry *wanted to be an actress, and was concerned about making it on her own playing -TV Series That Girl, among others -Film -Theater Writing -Free to BeYou and Me (healthier childrens book) *books, CDs, and TV specialsOther -Producer -Speaker -Awards Lucy Award (outstanding women in TV), Emmy, favourable Globe, Grammy *same as Sidney Poiter not about winning, but making a difference That Girl -September 1966 -First show about a single woman -Force behind the show *scripts *clothes -Production aspects -end of season, she had a boyfriend on the show, the producer wanted them to marry but she said Hell no Making a Difference -Advocate for womens rights *The Ms. Foundation for Women -St. Judes Childrens (Cancer) Research Hospital *Her dad founded this in 1960 Janis wanted what med had- everything Dont compromise yourself. Youre all youve got. Janis Joplin first female rockstar -wanted to be equal with men -she wanted a personal life -From Port Arthur, TX ever so wrote letters and kept in touch with her family -Dated musician Country Joe McDonald -Wanted a career, broke with the band Big Brotherand went successfully solo -Died of heroine dose -Made it okay for a woman to create her own kind of hit -made it possible for women to have any type of career -1995 inducted into Rock n squiggle Hall of Fame -Helped women reach for the starts -inspired female rockstars