American History on the Web: Third Wave Feminism

Explore the following websites: http://www.nwsa.org/, http://www.angelfire.com/ca/swrcnow/whistory.html, http://www.britannica.com/women/articles/Organization_of_Pan_Asian_American_Women.html, and http://www.womenofcolorday.com/htdocs/origins.htm.

1		Explain the significance of women's studies and women's history having a place in academia. Why do you choose to study it?
2		How do the demographics of third wave American feminism differ from those of the first and second movements? How does this affect the goals, strategies, and success of the movement?

Look at the Sexual Assault Information page at http://web.archive.org/web/19981206033429/http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfoPage.html, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence page at http://www.ncadv.org/, and the Victims of Pornography site at http://www.victimsofpornography.org/.

3		Why are these issues considered "women's issues?" Is this accurate, or should they be considered something else?
4		How do they differ from issues of the first and second women's movements in the United States?