Scan history, to see who had done the most for Women's Rights... living conditions, equality, authority over their own choices, independence, self-confidence and achievement.
2007-12-21 03:15:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
The more I read about her, the more I'd submit Fanny Wright... from her impact in America/New York from the 1830's onward...
2007-12-21 03:16:12 · update #1
Take as long as you like, to answer.. because I've already Extended the Question -- research people's entries, and weigh in. In this manner -- we've ALL learned something. And, Merry Christmas by the way.
2007-12-21 03:57:23 · update #2
Her Wiki doesn't do her justice by a longshot... especially her role in the START of American feminism... (her line to a 70+ yr old French/American Revolutionary war hero on the way overseas? She joked: "marry me or adopt me"... She CREATED a school around Science -- 110 years before the Scopes Trial! -- when schools were just beginning to be crafted for the education of ALL children (not just the well-off) and hers cut away from religion, in fact was right across the street from a parachiol school -- and there were NO PUBLIC SCHOOLS in the 1820's... She wrote and spoke in public (7 days in a row to packed houses) about Women's role/rights... choices... SEXUALLY as well, and their right to divorce (shock of all shocks)... the more I read about her, the more she impressed -- and I'm not even getting into her role in Abolition/anti-slavery... later on.
2007-12-21 07:24:40 · update #3
I think this is a really good question. I would broaden it a little though, because, like any "who's the best" or "what's your favorite" question, it is actually asking for a list.
I'd agree with Libertad that Simone de Beauvoir belongs on almost any list, no matter how short. I haven't seen Betty Friedan's name here yet, and she did a lot to bring the concept of women's rights into the true mainstream of public debate.
I don’t think we should overlook Mary Wollstonecraft, whose writings helped organize thinking for first-wave feminism. It’s hard to talk about Susan B. Anthony without also mentioning Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
IMHO, however, when you have an avalanche, the big boulders are not what provide the movement. It’s all the pebbles and stones. In this case that’s thousands or millions of men and women, housewives and businessmen, teachers, students, janitors, cashiers and furniture sales clerks. I’m only willing to name the big names if I also agree to remember what it took to go from domestic servant to co-equal human being.
2007-12-21 06:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by moonspot318 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Divine
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2007-12-21 03:59:25 · answer #2 · answered by SpiderDijonRevisted 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Alice Paul
2007-12-21 11:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by Holdin' on to Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emmeline Pankhurst - she fought to abolish slavery, poor conditions for women, women right to vote, education for women etc
I've given you a link so you can read more about her.
2007-12-21 08:21:35 · answer #4 · answered by bri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Susan B. Anthony
2007-12-21 03:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by Meg 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Leonora O'Reily. one of the original founders of naacp, she led and organized factory reforms for the women's garment industry. women being able to work and earn money in safe, fair environments is a HUGE win for feminism.
2007-12-21 04:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by Kinz 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Joan of Arc
2007-12-21 03:22:22 · answer #7 · answered by *KiM* 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My pick is Emily Murphy; without her efforts, women in the British Empire would not be legally defined as "persons."
2007-12-21 03:22:12 · answer #8 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Madonna.
2007-12-21 03:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I would say talking about theory, Simonne de Beauvoir, cause she developed the concept of cultural male domination.
2007-12-21 03:39:14 · answer #10 · answered by Libertad V 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋