Class Notes

12.06.02

by: Chelsey Leeg

Agenda:
• U.S. Women’s Rights
• Quiz 11
• Monday and the Final
• Evaluation

US struggle for equal rights for women / Timeline of women’s rights:
1840- world anti-slavery convention that excluded women
1848- First women’s rights convention,
- treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, women loose property rights
1855- Lucy Stone, slave women had no identity
1862- first women to declare a degree
1866- American Equal Rights association was founded
1874- WCTU: movement that resulted in outlawing alcohol
1878- Suzanne B Anthony Amendment
1920- women’s right to vote
1815- first women’s bible
1916- first US birth control clinic
1936- Contraceptives could be imported in US
1940- 60% black women are domestic
1954- women earned 60 cents of the dollar
1967- NY radical founded
1968- first women elected into US congress
1972- Title nine: equal rights in sports and universities
1978- more women than men entering into college
1992- take our daughters to work day

Group Quiz 11:
1.) How did the writers of the Moynihan Report explain black poverty in America? Provide at least two specific examples in your analysis.
Black poverty is explained in terms of female dominance in the family. Such poverty stems from an increase of women on welfare due to the lack of paternal participation in the family. Another example explaining black poverty is the fact that black women had very large families and took over all aspects of supporting and providing for their children.
2.) What are two similarities between the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA) and the women’s social movements in Latin America described by Safa?
One similarity between the two women’s movements is that they operated in the context of “wives” and “mothers.” Another similarity is that both movements started out by focusing on the “private” domestic concerns and then expanded into a “public,” more community focused group.
3.) According to Safa, how did poor women’s involvement in various social movements redefine motherhood for them and their societies?
Poor women got involved in the community efforts to reduce the effect of the economic crisis, which for the poor mothers meant food and other supplies to take care of their family.
Bonus:What is gender?
A constellation of personal attributes assigned to men and women of any culture.

Next Week:
Monday-
The class will produce the Final Exam together. It will be in essay form. We will also watch an episode from the HBO series “Sex and the City.”
Wednesday-
Second Evaluation of the course
Study Sessions:
Thurs. 12/12 at 1:00
Sat. 12/14 at 2:30
in Economics Bldg. room 104

Completed Department of women’s studies evaluation!!!
“Evaluations are important, and I do look at them for suggestions and take them into consideration.” –Kari McBride-