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Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights for women. It often identifies women's roles as unequal to those of men – particularly as regards status, privilege and power – and generally portrays the consequences to ...
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However, this narrow definition of female empowerment was exclusive and not intended to be long-lasting. Women of color were the last to be considered for high paying industrial jobs. African American women were stuck doing domestic work for $3-$7 a week compared to white women earning up to $40 a week in factories. [25]
These clubs, most of which had started out as social literary gatherings, eventually became a source of reform for various issues in the U.S. Both African-American and white women's clubs were involved with issues surrounding education, temperance, child labor, juvenile justice, legal reform, environmental protection, library creation and more. [3]
VIDA: Women in Literary Arts is a non-profit feminist organization, based in the United States, committed to creating transparency around the lack of gender parity in the literary landscape and to amplifying historically-marginalized voices, including people of color; writers with disabilities; and queer, trans and gender-nonconforming individuals.
The first national lesbian newspaper. Also, the first American magazine to use the word "lesbian" in its title. ISSN 0270-8167 OCLC 1167128712, 941667492, 917541844: Moving Out: 1971 Detroit, Michigan: Moving Out Collective Irregular A feminist literary & arts journal. ISSN 0047-830X [8] The Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminism: 1971 1983
Women across the U.S. take part in the 4B feminist movement post-election. Find out why the movement is on the rise and how Louisiana factors in.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]