The Cynical Historian

The History of Feminism (2019x8)

Air date: Feb 27, 2019

Feminism has a deep history that reactionaries ignore for the sake of hate-filled clickbait. If you choose to understand, you may actually benefit. But to actually understand feminism, much like anything, you have to understand its history. The problem is, it’s kinda disjointed. We have general terms for the movements of feminism, but they are only applied retroactively. Check out StepBack's video: https://youtu.be/UhbFKJqGEQA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Linda Kealey, “North America from North of the 49th Parallel,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 492-512. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g Joan W. Scott, Gender and the Politics of History, Rev. Ed. (1988; New York: Columbia University Press, 1999). https://amzn.to/2S4WPa0 Joan W. Scott, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” The American Historical Review 91, no. 5 (December 1986): 1053-1075. Barbara Winslow, “Feminist Movements: Gender and Sexual Equality,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 186-210. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g Deborah Valenze, “Gender in the Formation of European Power, 1750-1914,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 459-476. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g Joshua Zeitz, Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/2S24TbB Maggie Humm, The Dictionary of Feminist Theory (Ohio State Univ. Press. 1995). https://amzn.to/2IlGSvF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protofeminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-wave_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thir