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Heterodoxy was the name adopted by a feminist debating group in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the early 20th century. [1] It was notable for providing a forum for the development of more radical conceptions of feminism than the suffrage and women's club movements of the time. [2]
The traditional faction of the Democrats in the rest of the 19th century supported more radical reforms, such as bimetallism, extension of interest-free loans and credit to farmers, a graduated income tax, free trade, state-centric expansion of women's suffrage and making alliances with urban labor in the Midwest and Northeast.
It was the first women's rights convention to be chaired by a woman, a step that was considered to be radical at the time. [57] That meeting was followed by the Ohio Women's Convention at Salem in 1850, the first women's rights convention to be organized on a statewide basis, which also endorsed women's suffrage. [58]
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The Soviet nationalization of women was central to the plot of The New Moon, in which women between the ages of 23 and 32 are the property of the state and the heroine, Norma Talmadge, is a Russian princess posing as a peasant during the Russian Revolution. [117]
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
The Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) was formed originally by some of the more conservative members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) when NOW was viewed as radical. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The members who founded WEAL focused on employment and education, and shunned issues of contraception and abortion. [ 43 ]
Ultimately, dismayed by the subservient role of women and the church's harsh restrictions on girls, she would leave her faith – and her husband – in her late 20s. "Women are less inclined to ...