Feminist Movement
Essays

Feminism is often viewed as a recent development but Mary Wollstonecraft, mother of novelist Mary Shelley, was a women who was far ahead of her times. Wollstonecraft advocated on behalf of not only feminism but also basic human rights centuries before it became popular. This article reviews the contributions made by Wollstonecraft and how she still has impact today.

Feminist Third Wave publications: Reflection

It was inevitable that women would, by early 20th century, achieve emancipation. The road towards emancipation began in the late 19th century through the agency of other social movements, especially the Anti-Slavery…

Many non-European countries around the globe are the product colonization. That is, having been colonized by one of the "super powers" of Europe; Great Britain, Spain, France, Portugal, or another European country.

Lesbianism as a Social and Sexual Identity

The 1960s were a turbulent time in America history and many of the events that occurred during the era have had a lasting effect on American society. This paper briefly reviews several of the individual events that occurred in that decade and measure their permanent effect. This review is done in a series of short answers.

Women have always been treated as being lesser than men, in any field, anywhere at all in the world. Within different religions, too, there is a lot of differentiation and discrimination between the various roles played…

Karen Horney was a leading reformer and theorist in the field of psychology and psychoanalysis. One of the first major proponents of feminine psychology, Horney's ideas can be considered neo-Freudian.

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Both Bell Hooks and Cherrie Moraga point out weaknesses and omissions in feminist theory in their respective articles, "Black Women Shaping Feminist Theory," and "La Guerra." Each feels that mainstream feminist…