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424 BCE
Plato Recognizes Women as Higher Class
This happened over 24 centuries ago! Very Early Feminism -
Period: 424 BCE to
Womens Equality
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Many 18th Century Authors Advocate Womens Rights
Including:
Jeremy Bentham
Marquis de Condorcet
Olympe de Gouges and A Declaration
Wollstonecraft and A Vindication -
American Port Towns
Port towns during the American Dream were very cramped, dirty, and busy. -
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American Dream
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Slave Revolt
Nat Turner leads slave revolt in Virginia -
Discovery of Gold
The exploration for gold started in the US which brought in foreign attention making America boom practically overnight -
Irish Immigration
Many Irish farmers came to America due to the harsh landlords that taxed them heavily -
19th Century Feminists rise against Stereotypes
The Ideal Women at the time was shaped after Victorian royalty and early feminists wrote political literature against this. -
Abraham Lincoln abolishes slavery
Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation -
Campaigning Starts
Early Campaigning starts drawing in more attention to the Womens Suffrage Movement -
Mark Twain
An American author who cashed in on the American Dream idea and created the famous book "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" -
Oklahoma Land Grab
During the start of the US it was legal to race for plots of land, it drew in a lot of foreigners who sought to find work. -
Segregation
Jim Crowe laws split and divide whites and African Americans sparking the start of a civil rights movement -
Other Countries during/after The American Dream
Britain tried to create a similar dream by giving residents more public housing Russias leader Boris Yeltsin was fascinated by the American Dream China gave occupants similar aspirations as America at the time -
Early 20th Century
Women started to see more employment opportunities and more comfortable clothing restrictions -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of the bus signifying a stand against segregation -
First Wave
First Wave feminism includes a basic ideology that represents equality, it sought to remove gender double standards in the workplace. -
The Great Gatsby
A novel depicting the basics of the American Dream, later became a movie. -
James Adams
made the American Dream popular in his novel "Epic in America" -
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Civil Rights
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Women during the World War
Women were seen in the work force much more so then they did before the first World War, they were seen as valuable workers as a lot of jobs were available as men started going to war. -
1940s
This is when the iconic Rosie the Riveter became a symbol for women rights -
First African American Baseball Player
Jackie Robinson because the first African American in the MLB -
End of Segregation in education
in 1954 laws got rid of any segregation in the education system, the civil rights movement in 1964 abolished all laws. -
Second Wave
Second Wave womens rights expanded on the original ideal that First Wave represented, but Second wave focused more on discrimination. -
Martin Luther King Jr
A baptist minister that led possibly the biggest campaign against Segregation and Jim Crowe Laws, was shot and killed. -
Malcolm X
An human rights activist and Muslim minister, was shot and killed. -
John F Kennedy
Publicly addressed the civil rights movement as a Moral issue -
Sit Ins
African Americans sat at white only restaurants to protest Segregation -
Far and Away
A movie that represented the American Dream and the basic fundamentals of it. With Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman -
Gender Equality in 2016
Modern day feminists radicalize the original fundamentals of civil rights movements seen in history -
Black Lives Matter
A modern movement that bases itself off of the 1960s civil rights campaigns, sparked because an African American was shot by a white police officer -
LGBT
The movement that seeks to remove biases against gay and transgender people -
Campaign against Plastic Bags
Modern campaign against the use of plastic bags in grocery and retail due to the pollution of the ocean, California just recently passed a law charging 10 cents for each plastic bag -
Barack Obama
Was a major player in the rights of all kinds of people and was re-elected twice because of it probably -
Health Care
Not all Americans can afford healthcare and it causes controversy because a lot of people believe everyone should have it like in Canada -
Campaign against death penalty
Many modern day civil rights activists are currently campaigning against the death penalty nationwide in the US -
No Tobacco
Many US states are making laws to protect people from tobacco due to protest for a long while, it is now illegal for 18 year old to purchase tobacco in California. -
Rights for Immigrants
Immigrants can come into America by getting a visa -
Minimum Wage
Minimum rage is highly disputed due to controversy that higher minimum wage means higher costs -
Abortion
Right wing says we shouldnt abort as it is murder and Left wing says we should be able to because it is our bodies -
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2016
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The American Dream
The basic Ideals that freedom comes with opportunity and success, but you have to work for it. -
Third Wave and Modern Day
The Third Wave started in the 1990s, it started because a group of women believed that second wave feminism failed. This grew into fourth wave or modern day feminism, which is generally radical.
