The Feminist Lens
What is the Feminist theory?
The Feminist Theory is a tool used to analyze literature to gain a further understanding of the book, by looking at it from a new perspective. By looking at it through the perspective of a feminist.
Ok great, but what is a feminist?
A feminist is someone who supports feminism
Awesome, what's is feminism?
According to Amnesty International feminism is "a movement aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic and social rights for women. Including seeking to establish equal opportunities for woman in education and employment." This ideology can we symbolized in the picture on the left of a strong independent employed woman.
The Feminist Theory is a tool used to analyze literature to gain a further understanding of the book, by looking at it from a new perspective. By looking at it through the perspective of a feminist.
Ok great, but what is a feminist?
A feminist is someone who supports feminism
Awesome, what's is feminism?
According to Amnesty International feminism is "a movement aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic and social rights for women. Including seeking to establish equal opportunities for woman in education and employment." This ideology can we symbolized in the picture on the left of a strong independent employed woman.
History of Feminist Theory
The literary analysis theory of feminism developed from 1960's - present
feminism itself came in three big waves
1st wave: Susan B. Anthony, pictured above, leader of suffrage movement
2nd wave: Margaret Sanger, Pioneer for birth control
3rd wave: Elle Green, Focused on micro-politics
feminism itself came in three big waves
- Late 1700's to early 1900's: Many woman wrote about the unfairness and discrimination they were facing. The suffrage movement to gain a vote for woman began and ended with the 19th amendment in 1920 which allowed women to vote.
- Early 1960's to late 1970's: Woman worked towards equal rights in the workplace. During WWII woman stepped up and filled the places of men at war, when the men came back they fought to keep their rights. The feminist theory began to develop during the second wave
- Early 1990's to present: Woman fought to end all discrimination and stereotypes towards them. And fought to resists oversimplified stereotypes of white heterosexual women.
1st wave: Susan B. Anthony, pictured above, leader of suffrage movement
2nd wave: Margaret Sanger, Pioneer for birth control
3rd wave: Elle Green, Focused on micro-politics
Core ideas of feminism:
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Questions to ask when analyzing through a feminist lens:Taken from OWL at Purdue
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