Being a feminist means more than just articulating a particular literary theory or cultural critique. Feminism requires change; it demands that we live our lives differently as women and as men. Feminist masculinities embrace the core idea that the...

Carrie Chapman Catt, America's leading suffragist, helped organize the international suffrage movement in 1902. Feminists from developed nations met regularly to exchange strategies for winning the vote in their countries. Beyond winning the...

Feminism in China has been intricately intertwined with both philosophy and political ideology. As early as the Zhou dynasty, men and women were associated respectively with notions of yang and yin in a philosophy that organized the world into...

Contrary to popular assumptions about women's absence from the politics of national defense and war during the early Cold War era (1945–1965), women indeed participated politically, supporting and influencing as well as opposing American...

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Many years ago, in the course of an otherwise high-minded conversation, a very wise, very distinguished publisher imparted what she billed as an unassailable truth: “Marriages,” she announced, “are made and kept in bed.” To which I would add an equally crucial corollary: Never underestimate...

Many years ago, in the course of an otherwise high-minded conversation, a very wise, very distinguished publisher imparted what she billed as an unassailable truth: “Marriages,” she announced, “are made and kept in bed.” To which I would add an equally crucial corollary: Never...

SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED: FROM RADICAL WOMEN TO GRRLS GONE WILDBy Deborah Siegel Palgrave Macmillan, 170 pages, $14.95Review By Linda Hirshman I’m having a very bad time with Deborah Siegel’s very good book, Sisterhood, Interrupted, about how modern feminism has fared across the generational divide. It’s a...

A "leap backward" for feminism, the White House spokesman calls it. Nothing of the sort, feminists reply. Mean-spirited, say some. Perfectly appropriate, say others.However one interprets Sen. Barbara Boxer's remark last week to Condoleezza Rice that the secretary of state, single and childless, doesn't have...

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When discussing the issues of women's rights and liberation, it is only natural to think back to women like Susan B. Anthony, one of the major, and probably most recognized leaders of the women's suffragist movement in the mid to late 1800's. The key concerns of these "first wave" feminists were education and employment, and while they did succeed in gaining the right to vote, reforming secondary school systems, and broadening access to professions.

This is an essay that is, in essence an interview with a 25 year old mother of 2, and includes answers to questions pertaining to feminist issues. There is a comparison of age differences, since the interviewee is much older.

Provides a comparitive look at women's magazines of the 40s and 50s. Describes how each era created a mold for what is collectively known as an "ideal" woman.