1. Voices of Protest in American Literature: Women’s Rights
Angela Ji

2. First-Wave “Shall Women Have the Right to Vote” by Wendell Phillips
“Declaration of Sentiments”
“Women and Suffrage” by Lydia Maria Child
“Declaration and Protest of the Women of the United States” from National Woman Suffrage Association
“On the Equality of the Sexes” by Judith Sargent Murray
Process: perfectly lined up with month of October
Spend a couple of days reading, taking notes, and thinking about each one

3. First-Wave Beginnings of intersectionality Black vs. white feminists
Women’s rights and abolition
Research both movements
Black vs. white feminists
i.e. Ida B. Wells

4. “Declaration of Sentiments”
References to fundamental principles of freedom, natural rights, representation
Draw connections to Revolutionary War
“Declaration of Sentiments”
“When, in the course of human events, . . .”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men AND WOMEN are created equal”
Grievances: “He has . . .”
Lots of logos and ethos
Men writing

5. Second-Wave “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen
“The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan
National Organization for Women “Statement of Purpose
Digital copy, took longer

6. Second-Wave After WWII Much more pathos Suburban white women
Frustration
More subtleties, nuances
Suburban white women
“Womanism”
“The Feminine Mystique”

7. Second-Wave Persona “I Stand Here Ironing”
Experienced-based
“I Stand Here Ironing”
Iron = controlling metaphor of torture
Hopeful
“More than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron”

8. Third-Wave Riot Grrrl movement
“In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” by Alice Walker
Protest posters
Intersectionality
Anita Hill
#NiUnaMenos
Did some reading and then independent research
A bit irregular due to guidance meetings

9. Third-Wave Much more pathos Taboo topics
Riot Grrrls -- anger
Posters, #NiUnaMenos -- frustration
Taboo topics
Zines, posters
Working through vs. against the system
Intersectionality

11. Final Product
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12. Sources “Shall Women Have the Right to Vote” by Wendell Phillips
“Declaration of Sentiments”
“Women and Suffrage” by Lydia Maria Child
“Declaration and Protest of the Women of the United States” from National Woman Suffrage Association
“On the Equality of the Sexes” by Judith Sargent Murray
“I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen
“The Feminine Mystique” by Betty Friedan
National Organization for Women “Statement of Purpose
“In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” by Alice Walker