feminism - equality

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Evelyn G

 

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September 26, 2014

 

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Originating with Mary Wolstonecraft's "Vindication of the rights of women"(1792), they called for greater legal equality between men and women - most notably in Wolstencraft's plea for an increase in the education of women. Hoping that by educating women they would cease to exist merely as sexual objects of male desire and gain a new found respect as individuals with valued minds...
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As women grew more educated a crusade for suffrage emerged, with J.S. Mill presenting the first petition to parliament in 1866 (although suffrage was only achieved in 61 years later in the UK in 1927). However, many (mainly middle-class) women still found themselves plagued by what Friedan dubbed "The Problem that Has No Name", and the failure of suffrage to give sufficient equality to women resulted in a "second wave" of liberal feminists calling for the greater involvement of women in public life...
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