Problem
By analyzing a variety of texts about both feminism and anti-feminism in a work of ideological criticism, that are scholarly in nature, identify the ideology motivating the authors of said texts. Identify features in these texts that show their underlying ideologies (anything from pathos, to font, to intended audience). Discuss the dominant ideologies developed and how they have managed to stay the course of time. Identify which (if any) are the hegemonic and which are resistant ideologies. Discuss where the issue going from here, based on what the chose texts say. Discuss which ideology and arguments that are more compelling, based on the evidence - both inside and outside of the chosen texts.
Include the three waves of feminism, the first being Women's Suffrage and the Seneca Falls Convention, which focused on the right to vote and own property, the second being Women's Liberation, which focused on equality and fighting discrimination, and the third asking the question, "Who Benefits From the Feminist Movement?" and starting to emerge in the 1990s as a reaction to the second wave's perceived favoring of white, heterosexual women. The argument would be that the "wave" idea misrepresents history by assuming that one type of feminism exists at any moment.
Include information about Sojourner Truth, including who she was, where she was from, how she came to be a slave, and how she eventually escaped, as well as her spiritual beliefs and the work she undertook to improve the status of women. Her speech, Ain't I a woman? and the controversy surrounding her remarks.
Include information Mary Wollstonecraft's developed writings on women's rights in society and educational equality between the sexes within the context of the Enlightenment Movement. How feminism and the Enlightenment relate to each other, and where she stands within those movements.
Provide a historical context for the eras of the Abolitionist, women's rights, and Temperance movements.