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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 ...
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]
"The Pulse and Conscience of America" The General Federation and Women's Citizenship, 1945–1960," Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (2009), Vol. 30 Issue 3, p52-76. online White, Kristin Kate, "Training a Nation: The General Federation of Women's Clubs' Rhetorical Education and American Citizenship, 1890–1930" (PhD dissertation, Ohio ...
In the 1970s women of color worked mainly on three fronts, "working with white dominated feminist groups; forming women's caucuses in existing mixed-gender organizations; and forming autonomous Black, Latina, Native American, and Asian feminist organizations" [26] The perspective of Multiracial Feminism attempts to go beyond a mere recognition ...
Religion, Feminism, and Freedom of Conscience, edited by George D. Smith (1994) Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature, Dorothy Allison (1994) "Suffragette City: The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band", Ben Kim (1994) [533] The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to 1870, Gerda Lerner (1994)
Alliance of Pan American Round Tables – founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas; Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945; Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933; The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901
Much of the literature defines feminism as being about equal rights for women or equality between the sexes. Not only did feminism influence equality among genders, but also in race. The Chicana Feminism Movement became politically active in the search for female and lesbian equality within American society.