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hlipkin · Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 39

I changed the sentence: "Other important leaders include Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns" to "Other important leaders included several women who dissented against the law in order to have their voices heard, Sarah and Angelina Grimk, in addition to other activists such as Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns. "

I added a sentence to the end of the second paragraph, reading: "While some groups accepted a wide variety of women, others were only open to women of specified races and economic status."

After "...at that time against rape by her husband" I added: "In 1860, New York passed a revised Married Women's Property Act which gave women shared ownership of their children, allowing them to have a say in their children's wills, wages, and granting them the right to inheret property."

Feel free to change around the wording.

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semmet · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 41

uhhh so i added the stuff about the differences between the NWSA and AWSA... but apparently in the time i wrote it in the library to when i just got home someone edited it.

basically i added the stuff that was included in this section:
The majority of first-wave feminists were more moderate and conservative than radical or revolutionary—like the members of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) they were willing to work within the political system and they understood the clout of joining with sympathetic men in power to promote the cause of suffrage. The limited membership of the NWSA was narrowly focused on gaining a federal amendment for women's suffrage, whereas the AWSA, with ten times as many members, worked to gain suffrage on a state-by-state level as a necessary precursor to federal suffrage. The NWSA had broad goals, hoping to achieve a more equal social role for women, but the AWSA was aware of the divisive nature of many of those goals and instead chose to focus solely on suffrage. The NWSA was known for having more publicly aggressive tactics (such as picketing and hunger strikes) whereas the AWSA used more traditional strategies like lobbying, delivering speeches, applying political pressure and gathering signatures for petitions.

just much less eloquently and not as detailed. so thanks to whoever made it purrrrrdy!

Omaclennan · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 19

we're not actually supposed to change wikipedia right? just record what we'd do here?

Mfischhoff · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 51

Olivia, please actually edit the Wikipedia article as per the instructions on MyCSW. It needs an update and you are all experts now!

helens · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 25

Well Hello folks,

And a lot people have already take some of the most important things I wanted to post. But I did make a small change. I added Ida B. Wells and Sojourner Truth to the list of important activist.

I also just read over everyones…and I noticed that I don’t know what to say really or how to add to it.

Can I add “what is the definition of feminism or no?

aparker · Joined: 06 Jan 2010 Posts: 16

I added the sentence "Though many women's suffrage groups existed, all fighting for a common cause, they greatly differed."

I edited a sentence and changed it to "The first wave of feminists, in contrast to the second wave, focused very little on the subjects of abortion, birth control, and overall reproductive rights of women."

I edited a sentence and changed it to "In 1860, New York passed a revised Married Women's Property Act which gave women shared ownership of their children, allowing them to have a say in their children's wills, wages, and granting them the right to inherit property- all rights that previously belonged to men, and over which women had abosultely no control. "<

Omaclennan · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 19

I changed what was there before to "The members of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) were somewhat more conservative in their methods."

I also moved "Though many women's suffrage groups existed, all fighting for a common cause, they greatly differed." to the top of that paragraph.

I changed the word "feminist" to "suffragist" in this sentence:
With each new win the suffragists were able to use it as an example to apply more leverage on unyielding legislative bodies

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I'd also like to say that the Wikipedia article seemed vastly different than our reading in its use of words like "Radical" and "Conservative" and in which groups were employing said "radical" methods... For instance the National Woman's Party seemed to be the most radical (not the NWSA)

..but I have neither the time nor interest nor knowlege of wikipedia to re-vamp the whole page...but I think it definately is in need of a whole page re-vamp.

Mfischhoff · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 51

Helen, maybe consider explaining how first wave feminists defined themselves or their definition of feminism.

And Olivia, if not you, then who?

Mfischhoff · Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 51

Also, remember that you are not limited to adding only one sentence -- add a paragraph! Add a new section. Use your notes of "important" people and events from class for inspiration.

rlevinson · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

THIS WAS SO HARD.
a) A lot of people already wrote/add what I was going to do
b) like Olivia Mac said, the page is so desperate for revamping its overwhelming to decide where to start
c) i had a really hard time figuring out how to make references (i know...it's sad that I can't even figure wikipedia out...) so if you know how to do that and wouldnt mind, thatd be AWESOME. I only directly referenced text once, and I wrote what it was and who it was buy in parentheses following the quote.

But anyways, here's what I've done.

I've added:
While women across groups were varied in terms of methods in achieving suffrage, they were not particularly varied in terms of race or religion. This is not to say that many freed black women or the influx of Catholic and Jewish immigrants were uninterested in suffrage, but that many groups did not permit their participation. Often worried about weakening the cause if admitting these minorities, black women especially were shunted from most suffragist groups and forced to create their own. The conflict of gender within race was sometimes exploited by feminist groups as a means of supporting their goals. At a time when ALL American men were granted the right to vote, their argument stood: "If ignorant black and immigrant men could vote, white not educated white women?" (No Turning Back by Estelle B. Freedman.)

I also added to the following paragraph:
Yet not every woman took this stance, and the majority of first-wave feminists were more moderate, conservative and traditional tactics

Lastly, I added to the end of the second paragraph of the entire page:

However specifically pertaining to the what's now referred to as the "first wave of feminism" it's important to acknowledge that a lot of what was required to achieve women's suffrage was due in part to the work by suffragists. It's important to make the distinction between suffragist and feminist because for suffragists, being able to vote was the beginning and end of their goal verses a switch into a life long perspective with further ambitions. In fact, because of negative baggage associated with both terms ("suffragist" and "feminist,") women of both distinctions often would be offended when confused with another.

PLEASE edit my wording if you think you can make it better.

oliviabunty · Joined: 17 Nov 2009 Posts: 25

umm. i thought i added this but it doesn't look like it showed up.

In 1890, these two groups combined to form the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association) with the first president of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. After two years Stanton resigned as president and Susan B. Anthony, a close friend and partner in activism, took over. <ref>Rory Dicker, A History of U.S. Feminisims</ref>

However, there were other important players in first wave feminism whose ideals did not line up with the more prominent organizations like the NAWSA. In 1914 and 1916, the National Woman's Party attempted to unseat President Woodrow Wilson. This effort was headed by [[Alice Paul]], a member of the NAWSA with the hope that it would assure America of "the significance of women's political power" <ref>Rory Dicker, A History of U.S. Feminisims</ref>

and then I talked about how Alice Paul was expelled afterwords. but I don't know if it worked. I'm very confused and sleepy.

hrossen@csw.org · Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 19

This stressed me out to no end! Like Rachel, it took me forever to figure out how to post stuff, and then someone deleted one of my posts, so I had to paste it back in. I think that if classes do this assignment in the future, then the class should go over how to change wikipedia in class so that everyone's on the same page, because this felt really chaotic and unorganized.

Change 1)
Many white women excluded black women from their organizations and denied them the right to participate in events because they feared that the racist attitudes of Southern voters would effect their support of the women's movement. One noteable instance of black exclusion was at a Washington parade in 1913, when activist Alice Paul did not allow the black feminist Ida Wells-Barnett to march with the other white women; instead, Paul told her that she could march at the back of the procession with the other black women.<9>

Change 2)
Another woman important to first-wave reforms concerning female sexuality was Margaret Sanger. After a career as a nurse, she decided to devote her energies to helping women avoid accidental pregnancies. In 1914, she invented the term "birth control". Sanger also authored an information packet called "Family Limitations", in which she discussed and outlined various methods of contraception. Shortly thereafter, Sanger established a New York clinic for providing women with diaphragms. Probably her most enduring legacy, Sanger started the Planned Parenthood foundation. <10>

Change 3)
Prior to the passage of the 19th Amendment, some individual states and territories had already adopted women's suffrage. The first territory to enfranchise women was Wyoming Territory in 1869; it was followed by the Utah territory in 1870.Women's suffrage in an official state, however, did not occur until Wyoming became a state, in 1890. <11>

RRubbico · Joined: 20 Nov 2009 Posts: 23

i added the paragraph starting with the sentence "One area beyond suffrage that first wave feminists addressed was women’s education."

i also added a sentence between the sentences "The first wave of feminists, in contrast to the second wave, focused very little on the subjects of abortion, birth control, and overall reproductive rights of women." and "Though she never married, Anthony published her views about marriage, holding that a woman should be allowed to refuse sex with her husband; the American woman had no legal recourse at that time against rape by her husband."

helens · Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 25

I added some things from my paragraph cause I thought they would fit.

Feminists in the late 1800s had one motivation in common which was “improving the lives of their ‘sisters’, whether there were women exactly like them or not, was their highest priority” (Dicker 16).

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