Feminism Social And Economic Context - 1086 Words

Through many different cultures, women have not been the center of attention. They have always been in the back and it was unknown for them to be in charge or have a status as an important person. I’m going to discuss the struggles and different views through many cultures and the problems that are included with feminism. Cultural feminism was developed from a different type of feminism called radical feminism. Radical feminism is known as the perspective where the male supremacy is not included in any social and economic context. The purpose of radical feminism is to get eliminate patriarchy by challenging the existing norms and other institutions, rather than through a pure political process. This type of feminism includes challenging†¦show more content†¦This occurred in the United Kingdom and the United States. This originally was focusing on promoting equal and proper rights for the women and the title of married women along with their children. The end of the nineteenth century is when activism was primarily focused on the status of political power, but mostly women’s suffrage. A major change in history was in 1918 when the Representative of the People Act 1918 was passed in the courts allowing women, above the age of thirty and they had to own their own home, the right to vote. In 1928, the Act was expanded to any women over the age of twenty-one. A popular name throughout history is Susan B. Anthony who was one of many who had campaigned to eliminate slavery before celebrating the women’s right to vote. This wave involved many women from different types of feminism groups including Frances Willard who was a part of a conservative Christian group like the Women’s Christian Temperance and also Matilda, Joslyn, and Gage, who were more of radical feminists’ and expressed their feelings through the National Woman Suffrage Association. The second wave feminism is known as the period of activity which occurred in the earlier years of the 1960s and continued throughout the late 1980s. The differences between the first wave and second wave include that the