IR Feminism

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Citizens and steam engines

                                                                   19th century                        1800-1900

This lesson

The First Wave of Feminism (1870-1919)

- Repetition of previous lesson and discuss criteria

- Teach you what feminism is

- Teach you what feminism fights for

- Teach you who Aletta Jacobs was and why she is  

   important

What is capitalism?

1. economic system with as few rules as possible for maximum profit
2. political system with as few rules as possible for maximum profit
3. political system for as much freedom as possible
4. the rise of production in factories.

Wat is socialism?

1. striving for a society with as much freedom as possible
2. striving for a society without governance
3. striving for a society in which people elect a board
4. striving for a society with as much equality as possible

True or false?

Thorbecke belonged to the socialist party.

1. True
2. False

The first feminist wave.

In the nineteenth century, people fought for emancipation (equality) from different angles. Emancipation movement: a movement that strives for equal rights for disadvantaged groups

• Slavery 
• Workers
• Women

The first feminist wave.

Women were disadvantaged for a long time (not the same rights). They were there for the family and the household was the thoughts.

• Aletta Jacobs 
• Wilhelmina Drucker
• VVK (vereniging voor vrouwenkiesrecht) 
• Become politically active

Wilhelmina Drucker

• One of the first Dutch feminists
• Founder of VVK
• Against the idea that women are only meant to bear 

      and care for children

• The later second wave women's movement, 

      Dolle Mina, is named after her.

Feminism:

The pursuit of equal rights for women and men

Aletta Jacobs

• Sappemeer, Groningen.
• First woman to be admitted to

      the university after permission from Thorbecke

• First female doctor
• Fight for women's suffrage
• Equal rights for women

Eg: the right to study and work for payment

 Meer weten? https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/alettajacobs

Vereniging voor vrouwenkiesrecht 

VVK organized demonstrations and distributed pamphlets successfully to persuade others.

• Universal male suffrage 1917 

Women are given the right to vote: Right to be elected.

• Universal suffrage for women 1919

Both men and women have active suffrage: Right to vote. 

True or false?

Emancipation movements strive for unequal rights for different groups

1. True
2. False

What does the term 'Feminism' mean?

1. The pursuit of unequal rights for women and men
2. The pursuit of equal rights only for women
3. The pursuit of equal rights for women and men
4. The pursuit of equal rights for men

Universal men's suffrage 

Universal women's suffrage 

Passive suffrage

The right to vote

Wilhemina Drucker

Aletta Jacobs

1917

1919

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