"Now We Can Begin" (1920 essay)

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"Now We Can Begin" is a 1920 feminist essay by Crystal Eastman that outlines a radical vision for women's equality beyond the achievement of suffrage.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
feminist essay
advocatesFor collective responsibility for childcare
men's participation in housework
women's economic autonomy
author Crystal Eastman
countryOfOrigin United States
critiques limiting feminism to the right to vote
focusesOn economic independence for women
equality beyond women's suffrage
redefinition of marriage and family roles
shared domestic labor
women's freedom in work and love
genre feminist literature
political essay
hasLegacy frequently cited in histories of American feminism
used in women's studies and gender studies curricula
hasPerspective socialist-feminist viewpoint
historicalContext written after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in the United States
influencedBy U.S. suffrage movement
language English
mainSubject feminism
post-suffrage feminism
women's equality
women's rights
movement first-wave feminism
notableFor articulating a post-suffrage feminist agenda
early analysis of unpaid domestic labor as a barrier to women's equality
partOf Crystal Eastman's feminist writings
proposes radical restructuring of gender roles
social and economic reforms to achieve gender equality
publicationYear 1920
title Now We Can Begin

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Crystal Eastman
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