May 30 is celebrated worldwide day feminism annually.
The main point of feminism is not in opposition to women and men, and equality. 200 years ago, when the world was very different, it was not just women fight for their rights, but These representatives of the weaker sex, which is now called the first feminists were able to do incredible.
Abigail Adams Smith (1744 - 1818 years)
Any man would be a tyrant, if he is to let
Abigail from his childhood brought up in the Puritan tradition, and even become the wife of the second president of the United States John Adams was not engaged in loud public activities. Watching the unfair treatment of women in the country, she had the opportunity to influence the opinion of the President of the husband. And if at first saying his wife brings a smile to the lips of John, as he soon came to the conclusion that change is needed in a country where women have no place. First amerikanstkoy feminist belong to these words:
"We will not obey the law, in the adoption of which we did not participate, and the government, which does not represent our interests.
What your floor is by nature is tyrannical - it is so self-evident truth that requires no discussion, except for those of you who, fortunately, voluntarily resigns from the title of Mr. rough for a more gentle and beloved name other. Why, then, does not deprive the authorities of perverse and wicked people, who with impunity use us with all the cruelty and neglect. Reasonable men in all ages rejected such practices, which treat us only as the vassals of your sex. "
Olympe de Gouges (1748 - 1793 years)
A woman has the right to ascend the scaffold, she should have the right to go to the podium
Marie Goose or Olympe de Gouges - French writer and public figure, a fanatical supporter of the struggle for women's rights, her ideas are set out in "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen" in which, inter alia, Marie raised questions about the rights of women to get a divorce, the replacement of a marriage to the civil rights protection illegitimate children and so on. d.
Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883 years)
Am I not a woman
The first black woman who dared to speak out loud about their rights and - incredibly - to win in court a man with white skin. Biography Isabella Baumfi (real name Sodzhornet) sad - slave girl, which is sold together with the cattle, tortured, subjected to sexual violence. Having received the long-awaited freedom, Sojourner began traveling around the country, preaching the idea of gender equality and religious tolerance. Her words made famous in the Women's Rights Convention: "Am I not a woman... Where did your Christ? From God and a woman! Male attitude toward him was not! "
Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986 years)
We want freedom from reproductive slavery
Simon was born in a rich family of aristocrats, since childhood education girls were sent to the humble and appeasable wife and mother. But the ruin of the family forced Simon to go a little the other way and get an education in this environment, scientists and writers, she met with Jean-Paul Sartre - French writer, philosopher, playwright, which conclude an agreement to keep the intellectual loyalty, without limiting the freedom of each other in love communication. In his book, "The Second Sex" - the basis of the ideology of feminism - Beauvoir describes the basics of an ideal society where both men and women, equal rights and social status.
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