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Title: I'm not a feminist, but ...
Post by: Natasha on March 07, 2008, 06:07:06 PM
Post by: Natasha on March 07, 2008, 06:07:06 PM
I'm not a feminist, but ...
Link (http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=ebebccaf-d037-41db-aca7-f1093cdcb2a9&k=39868)
03/07/2008
"Most of us probably know the "second wave" better as the heyday of the women's movement of the 1960s and '70s. Charismatic figures like Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer and Doris Anderson picked up the torch from "first wave" suffragists like the Pankhursts and Susan B. Anthony, Emily Murphy and Thérèse Casgrain, taking to the streets to push for reproductive rights and challenge discrimination in the workplace, classroom and boardroom."
Link (http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=ebebccaf-d037-41db-aca7-f1093cdcb2a9&k=39868)
03/07/2008
"Most of us probably know the "second wave" better as the heyday of the women's movement of the 1960s and '70s. Charismatic figures like Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer and Doris Anderson picked up the torch from "first wave" suffragists like the Pankhursts and Susan B. Anthony, Emily Murphy and Thérèse Casgrain, taking to the streets to push for reproductive rights and challenge discrimination in the workplace, classroom and boardroom."
Title: Re: I'm not a feminist, but ...
Post by: ambientdischord on March 07, 2008, 08:00:34 PM
Post by: ambientdischord on March 07, 2008, 08:00:34 PM
a good article that sparked lots of debate last month in the news along the same lines:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-pitts_09edi.ART.State.Edition1.4570125.html (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-pitts_09edi.ART.State.Edition1.4570125.html)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-pitts_09edi.ART.State.Edition1.4570125.html (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-pitts_09edi.ART.State.Edition1.4570125.html)