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All feminists are women.
What is false?
100
This deaf and blind person is best known for a film about her early life but who also had a long life of activism including women's suffrage and supporting birth control.
Who is Helen Keller?
100
The "Third Wave" refers to this time period.
What is the 1990's to present day?
100
Seventy-seven cent to every dollar.
What is what women earn as compared to men?
100
Simply put, this refers to "what is between your ears, not your legs."
What is gender?
200
If charged with domestic abuse in Britain, the sentence is 10 years imprisonment.
What is false?
200
This person spoke out about women being included in the Declaration of Independence. She is also the wife of the second president of the United States.
Who is Abigail Adams?
200
A phrase popularized by Carol Hanish's 1969 essay used by second wave feminists in the 1960's and 1970's
What is "the personal is political"?
200
In 2009 women about the age of 65 relied on 67% of this for their main source of income while for men, 56% of this makes up their main income.
What is social security?
200
This can cost up to $15,000 per year or $1 million in earnings for those who don't pay for it.
What is the true cost of childcare?
300
This person is credited with inventing the bra.
Who is Otto Titslinger?
300
Often regarded as the leader of the second feminist wave (1960's), this woman was an extremely influential activist who protested for equal rights and explored the oppression of women. Her most famous work, "The Feminine Mystique", has influenced several generations of critical thinkers and is seen as a classic piece of American literature.
Who is Betty Friedan?
300
Arising out of the second feminist wave, this school of thought proposes that society is undergirded with patriarchal biases. To end the oppression of women, major societal change needs to occur.
What is radical feminism?
300
Lesotho, Swaziland, Papua New Guinea and The United States.
What are the only four countries in the world to not provide paid maternity leave?
300
The perspective that women are basically the same as men and therefore should have equal rights to men is known as this.
What is the liberal feminist perspective?
400
Women can now vote and can be employed in any profession a man can.
What is, "we no longer need feminism?" http://www.upworthy.com/watch-a-student-totally-nail-something-about-women-that-ive-been-trying-to-articulate-for-37-years-6?c=ufb1
400
This women said, "The role and rights of women, their freedom and equality and dignity, is the unfinished business of the 21st century.
Who is Hillary Rodham Clinton?
400
This part of the Educational Amendments of 1972 aimed to end discrimination in educational programs and related activities (most notably, athletics).
What is Title IX?
400
This recent piece of legislation redefined the statute of limitations pertaining to equal-pay lawsuits allowing women greater legal recourse for past pay discrimination.
What is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009?
400
This book was used to argue the traditional role of women in society and that women are subservient to men.
What is the Bible?
500
Patriarchy is over and done with. Those crazy women need to pipe down!
What is modern sexism?
500
The first female Editor in Chief of the New York Times.
Who is Jill Abramson?
500
This would be America's first woman doctor.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
500
Perhaps not solely a contemporary issue, but one that has certainly received more attention in recent years. This concept outlines the challenges women face in developing a professional career while also being an active and involved mother.
What is, why women can't have it all?
500
This transgender, Massachusetts woman made recent headlines in her efforts towards gender equality by riding a bike between Worcester and Leicester topless.
Who is Stacy Schnee?