Encyclopedia of American Reform Movements, edited by John R. McKivigan and Heather L. Kaufman

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Women's Rights Movement


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Future of Women's Rights
Pro-Life Movement and Reproductive Freedom 
       
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Reserved Entries
Introductory Overview Essay

Theory of Women's Rights as Reform
Sources of Mobilization for Women’s Rights Across the
First-, Second-, and Third Waves of Feminism

Historical Development of Women’s Rights
Early Women’s Rights Campaigns
Suffrage Movement
Women’s Rights “Hiatus,” 1920-1960
1960s Feminist Revival
Reproductive Rights and Women's Rights Controversy
Expanding Women’s Employment Opportunities
Post-Feminism Debate, 1980-Present

Key Moments
Seneca Falls Hosts First Women’s Rights Convention (1848)
Susan B. Anthony “Votes” (1872)
Alice Paul Authors the Equal Rights Amendment (1923)
Rosie the Riveter Introduced on “We Can Do It” Poster (1943)
Betty Friedan Publishes Feminine Mystique (1963)
“Bra Burning” at the Miss America Pageant (1969)
Chicago Women’s Liberation Union Issues Guide to Staring Consciousness-Raising Groups (1971)
Susan Faludi’s Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women Highlights Persistent Obstacles Against Women’s Advances (1991)

Intersection of Women’s Rights Movement with Other Reform Movements
Women’s Rights and Abolition, Civil Rights, Communitarism, Labor Movement, LGBT Rights, Pacifism/Anti-war, Religious Benevolence, and Temperance
                            

Future of Women's Rights
Further Recognition of Work and Family Conflict

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