This lecture covered the process in which feminist have fought for equality in Virginia. She began by explaining the long history of patriarchy and the control that white men had. Shockley emphasized that feminist were not only fighting in the north but in the south regions in the United States. However, with the amount of money that white men and anti-feminist organizations had it was a struggle in the south. The changes she explains came from within Virginia, not from a federal level.
These feminist started to organize marches on the Equal Rights Amendment, reproductive rights, and violence against women. However they ran into problems and conflicts amongst one another. Looking radical or not when addressing legislature was a key argument as many women believed that they appeared too radical. This was the same issue in the civil rights movement (MLK vs. Malcom X). Furthermore, they were not one cohesive group. The process in which they became a cohesive group within Virgina was a process. This process took years as the discussed many of the conflicts at general assemblies. This process compliments the idea of servant leaders as many of the women that came to power in this process were servant leaders.
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