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…the "second wave" of feminism, a new anti-imperialist and anti-war movement, movements for gay and disability rights, and even for environmental protection. The black movement deeply affected whites as well, challenging often unconscious beliefs in white supremacy…

…¦ is to redeem society as well as individual from sin." The areas in which transcendental reformers took part were educational reform, prison reform, temperance to other ethnic groups, feminism, poverty relief, and abolitionism. Transcendentalists claimed…

…the Secretary of Labour (Jones 802). She was one of the few women in her time to gain equality in a male-dominated society. For most women in that country, feminisms were a bitter struggle which usually ending in defeat. In "The Chrysanthemums," this struggle…

…another everyday commodity no different from any other. References Blau, J.,(2000) Group Enmity and Accord. Social Science History, summer, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p395, 19p Bordon, S (1993) Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the body…

…of national crisis. If the people are allowed to say what they believe is true, hold demonstrations and rallies regardless of right or wrong; then freedom is exploding. This is the foundation for many movements in this country from the rise of Feminism…

…, capable of fulfilling the expectations of their immediate society; and both mothers oppose their daughters' heroic feminism. There are of course differences in the two novels as well, the most obvious being the settings and the periods. Pride and Prejudice…

…. Sage Publications, London. McRobbie, A. (1991) Feminism and Youth Culture. Macmillan Press Ltd., London. Rader, S. (1998) Eastern Spirituality in Rave Culture. [online] available from: http://pages.prodigy.net/rader/raves.htm [10.01.03] Redhead, S…

…1997:p25) This is seen by some to be a recurring theme in economic sociology. During the 1980s the rising levels in women's employment gave way to a "second wave feminism" moving beyond the boundaries of "work" as employment and recognising…

…and proposing ways to improve their situation. M. Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was regarded by many as the founder of modern European feminism. Another important difference from the Renaissance concerning women, was their role in the spread of new ideas…

…of harm to rights holders inherent in the dominant liberal legal discourse appears to preclude a cause of action by any individual simply by virtue of their membership in an oppressed social class. The problem for feminism is that the offence…