An Investigation Of The Contemporary American Women's Movement

The American women's movement is an important part of the American history, the content of which touching on many fields such as history, politics, economics, culture, etc. The movement also leaved footprints in the American history that will never be attrited. So it's very useful for us to learn the history of American.The article tried putting the American women's movement in the definite surrounding for studying and getting an idea of it. The article also analyzed it with the method of Marxism's view of relevance and development. In doing so, we can get an objective and wholly knowledge of the American women's movement and the American society, and then we can form the basis for the further research of the American women's movement.The dissertation consists of five parts:â… . The historical retrospect of the American women's movementBeginning at the middle of the nineteenth century, the contemporary American women's movement experienced two great waves, that is, the enfranchisement movement happened during the period between the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century; the women's equal rights movement began at the sixties of the twentieth century. Compared with the former, the latter with many kinds of aims is magnificent, so it has a more far-reaching influence.â…¡. The searching for the origins of the contemporary American women's movementThe reasons for the contemporary American women's movement are manifold, including philosophical fountainhead, social and historical background, the political and economic situation of the period.â…¢. The contents and characteristics of the contemporary American women's movementThe movement covered almost every aspect of the women's interests. It centered on women's emancipation movement and women's rights movement in the earlier time, having all sorts of struggles at different levels. Later, the two centers combined into one, to strive together for the common aim, that is, the thorough emancipation. The special background made the movement have characteristics which were different from those of that happened.â…£. The achievements and influence of the contemporary American women's movementThe movement achieved many kinds of fulfilments, which have a far-reaching influence on improving the American women's political, economic and social situation. It also has a far-reaching influence on the American politics and culture.â…¤. The reasons for the movement's difficulty situation.The reasons fall on two aspects, one is the deep-seated traditional values; the other is the weakness of the American women and the mistakes among the strategies of the movement.