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Showing posts with label second-wave feminism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label second-wave feminism. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2015

Shulamith Firestone and the Case for Feminist Revolution

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Shulamith Firestone (died 28 August 2012) One of the key figures in radical second-wave feminism, Shulamith Firestone was an activist, ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Women Get the Vote!

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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (certified 26 August 1920) Those darn women! Always wanting things. L...
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Valerie Solanas and the SCUM Manifesto

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Valerie Solanas (born 9 April 1936) If she had lived, Valerie Solanas would have been seventy-nine years old today, two years younger t...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Battling Bella

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Bella Abzug (died 31 March 1998) A 1971 photo of Bella Abzug in one of her trademark hats Political activist, critical voice in ...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Judy Chicago's Opening Night

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Judy Chicago's  The Dinner Party (opening night, 14 March 1979) The Dinner Party , place settings for Mary Wollstonecraft an...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Betty Friedan, the "Feminine Mystique," and the "Problem That Has No Name"

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Betty Friedan (born 4 February 1921) In 1963, Betty Friedan published  The Feminine Mystique , a book that is widely regarded as having...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Germaine Greer, Feminist Icon

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Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939) Today is the birthday of irrepressible feminist powerhouse Germaine Greer. Greer's The ...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Gloria Steinem and Rutgers University

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Rutgers University and an Endowed Chair for Gloria Steinem Rutgers announced today its campaign to create an endowed chair named f...