Feminist/Women

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Feminist/Womens Liberation
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• http//www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/what-was-t
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Second Wave Feminism

• The 1960s and 1970s saw a resurgence of feminist
  activity, including the women's liberation
  movement and the more mainstream feminist groups.
  This period has been called the Second Wave of
  feminism, with the first wave usually thought of
  as being from 1848-1920, when women won the vote.

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Facts

• The Women's Liberation Movement was a political
  movement.
• Event began in the West
• The Second Wave Of Feminism attempted to further
  combat social and cultural inequalities.
• The Womens Liberation Movement (WLM) was born in
  the US among students radicalised by the mass
  black civil rights movement and opposition to the
  Vietnam War.
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What their aim was...

• Series of campaigns for reforms on issues such
  as
• reproductive rights
• domestic violence
• maternity leave
• equal pay
• women's suffrage
• sexual harassment
• sexual violence

They participated in peaceful protests such as
parades
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• In the mid-1960s, the country was riveted by
  political activists, first battling for the civil
  rights for African Americans, then demonstrating
  against the Vietnam War. Women learned from these
  radical criticisms of society and began to adopt
  their rhetoric and methods toward issues of
  women's rights.

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ANATOMY NEED NOT BE DESTINY
By Reuben, Felister Onyango, Sade Bashourn