1st Wave Feminism
This religious group is defined by its commitment to pacifism and its early roots in feminism
Who are the Quakers?
The sound of a pen when it is pressed, but also a moment realization.
What is Click!
An essay by Gloria Steinem where a biological process is celebrated if men had it.
What is If Men Could Menstruate?
This was the code name women in Chicago called when seeking an illegal abortion before 1973.
What is Jane?
This appliance uses water and detergent to automatically clean your plates, glasses, and silverware.
What is a dishwasher?
Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, the "Declaration of Sentiments" was the centerpiece of this gathering in 1848.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
O’Reilly argues that these people are the natural people to turn to whenever something unpleasant or inconclusive needs to be done.
What are House Wives?
This life stage in Steinem's satirical world is celebrated as a sign that a man has accumulated enough years of "cyclical wisdom" to no longer need his monthly cycle.
What is menopause?
Jane’s work is compared to this historical movement that defied immoral laws and freed slaves.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Born Isabella Baumfree, this 19th century abolitionist and women's rights activist is famous for her powerful 1851 "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Born Isabella Baumfree, this 19th century abolitionist and women's rights activist is famous for her powerful 1851 "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
O’Reilly advises women to "never give in" because an empty one of these kitchen appliances leads to a lifetime of "emptying" them.
What is a dishwasher?
In Steinem's satirical world, military generals would only allow men to serve in combat because "you have to give" this "to take" this.
What is blood?
Jane rejected the idea that women were merely this role in society.
What are Future Incubators?
A household with all of its living expenses using only one person's salary.
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
O'Reilly describes a friend in Cleveland who raised two children while working nights at her husbands office, only for her husband to take this from her for "encouraging" her in college.
What is credit?
In Steinem's satirical world, statistical surveys prove that men won more of these specific athletic prizes during their periods.
What are Olympic Medals?
Kaplan describes Jane as this type of historical work, built from interviews and memory rather than records.
This term describes the massive spike in U.S. birth rates from the return of soldiers and economic prosperity after WWII.
What is the baby boom?
An English dialect that is part of many southern communities and has its own distinct grammar.
What is African American Vernacular English?
O-O-O... this author, whose 1972 essay "Click!" described the moment of truth.
Jane O' Reilly
What is a Three Pad Man?
This 1973 Supreme Court decision legalized abortion nationwide and led to the disbanding of the Jane abortion service.
What is Roe vs Wade?
Flexing her bicep with the slogan "We Can Do It!", this illustration became the face of the millions of women who worked in factories during WWII
Who is Rosie the Riveter?