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Feminism
It Happened in Cleveland – Women's Suffrage Headquarters, 1912
Woman suffrage headquarters in Upper Euclid Avenue, Cleveland–A. (at extreme right) is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters; B. is Judge Florence E. Allen (holding the flag); C. is Mrs. Malcolm McBride.
Historically a number of men have engaged with feminism. Philosopher Jeremy Bentham demanded equal rights for women in the eighteenth century. In 1866, philosopher John Stuart Mill (author of “The Subjection of Women”) presented a women’s petition to the British parliament; and supported an amendment to the 1867 Reform Bill. Others have lobbied and campaigned against feminism. Today, academics like Michael Flood, Michael Messner and Michael Kimmel are involved with men’s studies and pro-feminism.
Other men have campaigned against feminism. During the suffragettes‘ campaign anti-suffragists numbered 160 in 1902 in Britain. In New York, the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage was founded in 1897, and by 1908 it had over 90 members. – Wikipedia – Feminism
On Suffragettes & the Sisterhood of the Struggle for Gender Equity (or America’s Ten Toughest Broads)
Library of Congress (American Memory) Penn[sylvania] on the picket line– 1917. Photographer: Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. Created/Published: 1917 {Library of Congress (American Memory) Penn[sylvania] on the picket line– 1917. Photographer: Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. Created/Published: 1917}
Summary: Photograph of fourteen suffragists in overcoats on picket line, holding suffrage banners in front of the White House. One banner reads: “Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait For Liberty”. White House visible in background. Library of Congress
Below is the introduction from the Official Election Site of San Mateo County, CA. It is an excellent resource of the history of the suffrage movement, providing biographical profiles of the women who dedicated and risked their lives in the struggle for gender equality.
Reduced to its simplest definition and elevated to its highest ideal, democracy is the power of the people. The ability to vote, however, has not always been a reality for everyone in our country. It was not until 1920 (a mere 85 years ago) that the passage of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. This breakthrough for social equality was the result of more than 50 years of activism by the early suffragettes. Vigils, protests, speeches, essays, civil disobedience, hunger strikes, lobbying, organizing, andevery other form of activism imaginable was used by these remarkable women; their unconventional, avant-garde, and sometimes shocking actions successfully convinced the United States Congress that our Constitution should be amended to allow women to vote. The women who made it their life’s ambition to ensure both genders the right to vote changed our country forever. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude. Every time we exercise our right to vote, we honor their lives, their sacrifices, and their mission to strengthen our democracy. – The Shape of the Future.org – Women’s Suffrage – San Mateo County
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880)
Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)
Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947)
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)
Maud Younger (1870-1936)
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973)
Mabel Vernon (1883-1975)
Alice Paul (1885-1977)
The Women’s Museum 19th Amendment Lesson Plan (PDF)
Suffrage Images on flickr
Sunday Feature Fade: Potiphar's Wife – Richard McBee
© Richard McBee
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife” oil on canvas (16 x 20) by Richard McBee
Richard McBee’s Talmud-inspired painting:
Joseph was sold by his brothers and was bought by the Egyptian courtier, Potiphar, as chief servant of his master’s house. Potiphar’s wife was determined to sleep with the handsome young man. Joseph became known as “The Righteous” for resisting her temptations. (Genesis 39: 1-21)
Richard McBee was born in 1947 in New York City. He studied painting at the Art Students League of New York with Jean Liberte and Edward Melcarth. His early works were figurative narratives concentrating on the Bible. Since 1976 he has painted subject matter exclusively from the Torah and Jewish history. In addition to paintings he has also made many figurative relief sculptures, monotypes, unique ceramic menorahs and other Judaica.
From 1976 to 1987 he was active in the Alliance of Figurative Artists, a group of artists that met weekly at the Educational Alliance on the Lower East Side. He was their Program Director in 1983. In 1991 he helped create the American Guild of Judaic Art (an educational and trade association of artists engaged in Jewish Art; see jewishart.org). McBee developed the Jewish Art Forum in 1996 and 1997. This series of free slide lectures in the New York area was given by guest artists and experts in the field of Jewish Art.
Since May 2000 he has written a weekly critical review column in The Jewish Press. His artwork is in many private collections throughout the country. – Taken from McBee’s resume.
Women & Judaism:
University of California (Santa Cruz)
Komodo Mary & the Virgin Births – Self-fertilisation among reptiles
Komodo embryo
“A female Komodo dragon without a male Komodo dragon is like a fish without a bicycle.” – Anonymous Lesbian-separatist herpetologist.
Parthenogenesis, the production of offspring without fertilization by a male, is carried out by King Edward potatoes, bees and greenfly but is rare in vertebrate species. – Telegraph.uk.co
Virgin births excite scientists
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Komodo Dragon facts Last Updated: 2:03am GMT 21/12/2006
Nearly all vertebrates breed by sexual reproduction, either laying eggs or giving birth to live young. The few exceptions to this rule include animals such as North American whiptail lizards, which can breed without mating in a process known as parthenogenesis. In several species of these lizards, males have never been found. – MSN Encarta.com
