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Modern Feminism
Historical Feminism
Feminist ideals
Facts about women
True or False
100
On average, what is the pay ratio from women to men?

80 cents to the dollar


(Globally, women make about 60-75% of a men's wages)

(Bringing women’s wages into line with men’s would add $28 trillion to global GDP)

100
What was the first wave of feminism?
Women suffrage
100
True or false- feminism is about making women superior to men
False
100
Out of the 20 richest women in the world, how many earned it themselves through working?
1. The rest inherited it from their fathers or husbands.
100

The world's first novel was written by a woman.

True. The Tale of the Genji, was published by a woman, Murasaki Shikibu, in the early 11th century

200
True or false- of women aged 18-34, 80% identify as feminist
False
200
True or false- 14 million girls worldwide are married
True. 1 in 5 girls are married before they are ready, globally.
200
What is the patriarchy?
The dominance of men in society
200

Worldwide, how many women are raped in their lifetime?

(the answer is in the form of a ratio)


1 in 3
200

Hillary Clinton was the first woman to run for US president.

FALSE! Victoria Woodhull ran for the office in 1872 under the National Woman’s Suffrage Association. Women were not able to vote, but there were no laws prohibiting them from running for office. (PS, no she was not elected.)

300
In STEM careers, which fraction makes up women? 1/4, 1/8, or 1/3?
1/4
300
Which year was the birth control pill introduced to women?
1965
300
What is global feminism?
The global concern of women's place in society
300
True or false- the 2 highest IQ scores worldwide are held by women
True
300
England was the first country to give women the right to vote.

FALSE! In 1893, New Zealand. This was the first country of the modern era to give women the right to vote.

400
What percentage of US businesses are owned by women?
30%
400
When was the percentage of children born to teenagers higher, 1940 or 1957?
1957. There was a 165% increase from 1940-1957 in children born to teenagers.
400
What is new feminism?
Making women equally integrated into society instead of letting men have total control
400

In 1950, what percentage of women made up the military in the USA?

Less than 5, between 5-10, or over 10%?

2%
400
The invention of modern day appliances, like washing machines or dishwashers, decreased the amount of time women spent cleaning their homes.
False. In the 50s, women were spending as many, or more, hours a day on housekeeping as women 30 years earlier- despite having 7X as many house cleaning appliances and smaller homes. (This is because they had nothing to do and tended to stretch the housework to fill their days)
500
What percentage of women in American earn at least $5,000 more than their spouse?
20%
500
Which state was the first to grant voting rights to women?

Wyoming (in 1869)


(The last was Mississippi in 1984)

500
What are the three main types of feminism?
Socialist, reformist, and radical
500
What percentage of college degrees in the USA are earned by women?

 60%

500

More women went to college in the 1950s than the 1940s. 


False. In 1958, only 35% of college students were women. During WW2, the majority of college students were women, but then colleges began favoring veteran applicants over women.

In 1959, 37% of female college students were leaving school before they graduated, mainly to get married. Also, most chose to take courses that would help them become wives, not have a career.