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Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and

social rights Economic, social and cultural rights, (ESCR) are socio-economic human rights, such as the right to education, right to housing, right to an adequate standard of living, right to health, victims' rights and the right to science and culture. Econo ...

for women. It often identifies women's roles as unequal to those of menparticularly as regards status, privilege and powerand generally portrays the consequences to women, men, families, communities and societies as undesirable. The following is a list of American feminist literature listed by year of first publication, then within the year alphabetically by title. Books and magazines are in italics, all other types of literature are not and are in quotation marks. References lead when possible to a link to the full text of the literature.

18th century

*''Letters on Women's Rights'',

Abigail Abigail () was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death ( 1 Samuel ). Abigail was David's second wife, after Saul and Ahinoam's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later ma ...

and

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

(1776) *''Desultory Thoughts upon the Utility of Encouraging a Degree of Self-Complacency, Especially in Female Bosoms'',

Judith Sargent Murray Judith Sargent Stevens Murray (May 1, 1751 – June 9, 1820) was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer. She was one of the first American proponents of the idea of the equality of the ...

(1784) *"On the Equality of the Sexes",

, from ''The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum Concerning the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, Amusements of the Age, Vol. II'' (1790)

19th century

1810s–1820s

*"An Address to the Public; Particularly to the Members of the Legislature of New-York, Proposing a Plan for Improving Female Education",

Emma Willard Emma Hart Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American woman's education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education, the Emma Willard S ...

(1819) * "Men and Women; Brief Hypothesis concerning the Difference in their Genius", John Neal (1824)

1830s

* "Marriage Law Protest",

Robert Dale Owen Robert Dale Owen (7 November 1801 – 24 June 1877) was a Scottish-born Welsh social reformer who immigrated to the United States in 1825, became a U.S. citizen, and was active in Indiana politics as member of the Democratic Party in the Indi ...

(1832) *''The History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations'',

Lydia Maria Child Lydia Maria Child ( Francis; February 11, 1802October 20, 1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction an ...

(1835) *''Letters on the Equality of the Sexes'', Sarah Grimke (1837) *"Remarks Comprising in Substance Judge Hertell's Argument in the House of Assembly in the State of New York in the Session of 1837 in Support of the Bill to Restore to Married Women the 'Right of Property' as Guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States", Judge Thomas Hertell (1837) *''The Times that Try Men's Souls'',

Maria Weston Chapman Maria Weston Chapman (July 25, 1806 – July 12, 1885) was an American abolitionist. She was elected to the executive committee of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and from 1839 until 1842, she served as editor of the anti-slavery journ ...

(1837)

1840s

*"Rights of Women: The Substance of a Lecture Delivered by John Neal at the Tabernacle", John Neal (1843) *'' The Great Lawsuit'',

Margaret Fuller Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movem ...

(1843) *''Brief History of the Condition of Women: in Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2'',

(1845) *"The Rights and Condition of Women",

Samuel May Samuel Joseph May (September 12, 1797 – July 1, 1871) was an American reformer during the nineteenth century who championed education, women's rights, and abolition of slavery. May argued on behalf of all working people that the rights of h ...

(1845) *''

Woman in the Nineteenth Century ''Woman in the Nineteenth Century'' is a book by American journalist, editor, and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller. Originally published in July 1843 in ''The Dial'' magazine as "The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women", it w ...

'',

(1845) *"Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions",

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 Seneca ...

(1848) *"Voting Rights Speech",

(1848) *"Discourse on Woman",

Lucretia Mott Lucretia Mott (''née'' Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongs ...

(1849)

1850s

*''

The Scarlet Letter ''The Scarlet Letter: A Romance'' is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne ...

'',

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that t ...

(1850). *''Woman and Her Needs'',

Elizabeth Oakes Smith Elizabeth Oakes Smith ( Prince; August 12, 1806 – November 16, 1893) was a poet, fiction writer, editor, lecturer, and women's rights activist whose career spanned six decades, from the 1830s to the 1880s. Most well-known at the start of her ...

(1850-1851) *

Ain't I a Woman? "Ain't I a Woman?" is a speech, delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), born into slavery in New York State. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known anti-slavery speaker. Her speech was deliver ...

speech,

Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth (; born Isabella Baumfree; November 26, 1883) was an American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist of New York Dutch heritage and a women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but esc ...

(1851) *"Speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention",

Ernestine Rose Ernestine Louise Rose (January 13, 1810 – August 4, 1892) was a suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker who has been called the “first Jewish feminist.” Her career spanned from the 1830s to the 1870s, making her a contemporary to the mor ...

(1851) *"The Responsibilities of Woman",

Clarina Howard Nichols Clarina Irene Howard Nichols (January 25, 1810 – January 11, 1885) was a journalist, lobbyist and public speaker involved in all three of the major reform movements of the mid-19th century: temperance, abolition, and the women's movement t ...

(1851) *"Speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention",

Matilda Joslyn Gage Matilda Joslyn Gage (March 24, 1826 – March 18, 1898) was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States (i.e. the right to vote) but she also campaigned for Native Ameri ...

(1852) *''

Die Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung ''Die Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung'' (also known as ''Frauen-Zeitung'', English: ''The German Woman's Journal'') was a German language newspaper founded in 1852 by Mathilde Franziska Anneke in Milwaukee. The paper focused on women's rights issues and ...

,'' German-language women's rights journal published by

Mathilde Franziska Anneke Mathilde Franziska Anneke (née Giesler; April 3, 1817 – November 25, 1884) was a German writer, feminist, and radical democrat who participated in the Revolutions of 1848–1849. In late 1849, she moved to the United States, where she campaign ...

(1852). *''What Time of Night It Is'',

(1853) *''Women's Rights'',

William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December , 1805 – May 24, 1879) was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer. He is best known for his widely read antislavery newspaper '' The Liberator'', which he fo ...

(1853) *'' The Una'', feminist periodical published by

Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis Paulina Wright Davis ( Kellogg; August 7, 1813 – August 24, 1876) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, and educator. She was one of the founders of the New England Woman Suffrage Association. Early life Davis was born in Bloomfield, N ...

(1853). *"Address to the Legislature of New York",

(1854) *''Marriage of Lucy Stone Under Protest'',

Lucy Stone Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American orator, abolitionist and suffragist who was a vocal advocate for and organizer promoting rights for women. In 1847, Stone became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a colle ...

, Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Henry Blackwell (1855) *'' Ruth Hall'',

Fanny Fern Fanny Fern (born Sara Payson Willis; July 9, 1811 – October 10, 1872), was an American novelist, children's writer, humorist, and newspaper columnist in the 1850s to 1870s. Her popularity has been attributed to a conversational style and sense ...

(1855) *"Consistent democracy. The elective franchise for women. Twenty-five testimonies of prominent men, viz: ex-Gov. Anthony of R.I., Rev.

Henry Ward Beecher Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His r ...

, Rev. Wm.H. Channing tc. (1858) *"Ought Women to Learn the Alphabet?", Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1859)

1860s

*''A Slave's Appeal'',

(1860) * '' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'', Harriet Jacobs (1861) *''

A Long Fatal Love Chase ''A Long Fatal Love Chase'' is a 1866 novel by Louisa May Alcott published posthumously in 1995. Two years before the publication of ''Little Women'', Alcott uncharacteristically experimented with the style of the thriller and submitted the result ...

'',

Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Little Men'' (1871) and '' Jo's Boys'' (1886). Raised in ...

(1866) *"Address To The First Anniversary Of The American Equal Rights Association", Frances D. Gage (1867) *"Keeping the Thing Going While Things Are Stirring",

(1867) *''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the live ...

'',

(1868) *"The Destructive Male",

(1868)

1870s

*"About Marrying Too Young" from '' The Revolution'',

(1870) *"Are Women A Class?", Lillie Blake (1870) *''Endorsing Women's Enfranchisement'', Adelle Hazlett (1871) * ''Hit: Essays on Women's Rights'',

Mary Edwards Walker Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor. ...

(1871) *''On the Progress of Education and Industrial Avocations for Women'',

(1871) *"Put Us In Your Place" from '' The Revolution'', Lillie Blake (1871) *''On Woman's Right to Suffrage'',

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony (born Susan Anthony; February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to s ...

(1872) *"Sentencing of

for the Crime of Voting" (1873) * "Uncivil Liberty: An Essay to Show the Injustice and Impolicy of Ruling Woman Without Her Consent", Ezra Heywood (1873) *''Woman: Man's Equal'', Thomas Webster (1873) *"Women's Temperance Movement",

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has pr ...

(1873) * ''Papa's Own Girl'',

Marie Howland Marie Stevens Case Howland (1836 – September 18, 1921) was an American feminist writer of the nineteenth century, who was closely associated with the utopian socialist movements of her era. Marie Stevens had to leave school and support her ...

(1874) * * "Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States",

National Woman Suffrage Association The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed on May 15, 1869, to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was created after the women's rights movement s ...

, July 4, 1876

1880s

* '' Mizora'', Mary Lane (1880–81) *''Common Sense About Women'', Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1881) *''Women and the Alphabet: A Series of Essays'', Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1881) *''The Constitutional Rights of the Women of the United States'',

Isabella Beecher Hooker Isabella Beecher Hooker (February 22, 1822 – January 25, 1907) was a leader, lecturer and social activist in the American suffragist movement. Early life Isabella Holmes Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, the fifth child and sec ...

(1883) *''What Shall We Do With our Daughters? Superfluous Women and Other Lectures'', Mary A. Livermore (1883) *"The Need of Liberal Divorce Laws" from the ''North American Review'',

(1884) *"Has Christianity Benefited Woman?",

, from the ''North American Review'' (1885) *''Men, Women, And Gods, And Other Lectures'', Helen H. Gardener (1885) *''Women and Men'', Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1888) *''Women Who Go To College'',

Arthur Gilman Arthur Delevan Gilman (November 5, 1821, Newburyport, Massachusetts – July 11, 1882, Syracuse, New York) was an American architect, designer of many Boston neighborhoods, and member of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career Gi ...

(1888)

1890s

* "Sex Slavery", Voltairine de Cleyre (1890) *''The Woman's Movement in the South'', A.P. Mayo (1891) *"Transactions of the

National Council of Women of the United States The National Council of Women of the United States (NCW/US) is the oldest nonsectarian organization of women in America. Officially founded in 1888, the NCW/US is an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO) with the Department of Public I ...

" (1891) *''

A Voice from the South ''A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South'' is the first book by American author, educator, and activist Anna J. Cooper. First published in 1892, the book is widely viewed as one of the first articulations of Black feminism. Busby ...

'',

Anna Julia Cooper Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (August 10, 1858February 27, 1964) was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history. Born into slaver ...

(1892) *"Hearing of the Woman Suffrage Association" (1892) *''Solitude of Self'',

(1892) * "

The Yellow Wallpaper "The Yellow Wallpaper" (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in '' The New England Magazine''. It is regarded as an important early work ...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman (; née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, advocate for social reform, and eugenicist. She w ...

(1892) *"The Progress of Fifty Years",

(1893) * '' Unveiling a Parallel'', Alice Ilgenfritz Jones & Ella Merchant (1893) *''Woman, Church, and State'',

(1893) *''Women's Cause is One and Universal'',

(1893) * "Common Sense" Applied to Women's Suffrage,

Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (August 31, 1842 – June 10, 1906) was an esteemed American medical physician, teacher, scientist, writer, and suffragist. She was the first woman to study medicine at the University of Paris, and had a long career pr ...

(1894) *"Speech on Women's Suffrage",

Carrie Chapman Catt Carrie Chapman Catt (; January 9, 1859 Fowler, p. 3 – March 9, 1947) was an American women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt ...

(1894) *"

The Story of an Hour "The Story of an Hour" is a short story written by Kate Chopin on April 19, 1894. It was originally published in ''Vogue'' on December 6, 1894, as "The Dream of an Hour". It was later reprinted in ''St. Louis Life'' on January 5, 1895, as "The Sto ...

Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (, also ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminis ...

(1894) *''The New Woman'', Winona Branch Sawyer (1895) *"What Becomes of the Girl Graduates", Winona Branch Sawyer (1895) *"Anarchy and the Sex Question" from the ''New York World'',

Emma Goldman Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was a Russian-born anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the ...

(1896) *''The Women of To-Morrow'', William Hard (1896) *"Why Go To College? An Address by

Alice Freeman Palmer Alice Freeman Palmer (born Alice Elvira Freeman; February 21, 1855 – December 6, 1902) was an American educator. As Alice Freeman, she was president of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, when she left to marry the Harvard professor George He ...

, Formerly President of Wellesley College",

(1897) *''Eighty Years and More'',

(1898)Eighty Years And More
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(1898) *''

The Woman's Bible ''The Woman's Bible'' is a two-part non-fiction book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man ...

'',

(1898) *''

Women and Economics ''Women and Economics – A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution'' is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1898. It is considered by many to be her single greatest work, and a ...

'',

(1898) * ''

Arqtiq ''Arqtiq: A Story of the Marvels at the North Pole'' is a feminist utopian adventure novel, published in 1899 by its author, Anna Adolph. The book was one element in the major wave of utopian and dystopian fiction that marked the later nineteent ...

'', Anna Adolph (1899) * '' The Awakening'',

(1899)

20th century

1900s

*"Are Homogenous Divorce Laws in All the States Desirable?" from the ''North American Review'',

(1900) *"Inspired" Marriage, Robert Ingersoll (1900) *"Progress of the American Woman" from the ''North American Review'',

(1900) *"Votes for Women",

(1901) *''Woman'', Kate Austin (1901) *"Declaration of Principles", by the

National American Woman Suffrage Association The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two existing organizations, the National ...

(1904) * ''

The House of Mirth ''The House of Mirth'' is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the end of the 19th century. Wharton creates a portrait ...

'',

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray ...

(1905) *'' Herland'',

(1909) *''What Diantha Did'',

(1909–10) *"Woman — Comrade and Equal", Eugene V. Debs (1909)

1910s

*''Marriage and Love'',

(1911) *'' Moving the Mountain'',

(1911) *''Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World'',

(1911) *"The Hypocrisy of Puritanism",

(1911) *''The Sex and Woman Questions'',

Lena Morrow Lewis Martha Lena Morrow Lewis (1868-1950) was an American orator, political organizer, journalist, and newspaper editor. An activist in the prohibition, women's suffrage, and socialist movements, Lewis is best remembered as a top female leader of the ...

(1911) *"The Traffic in Women",

(1911) *"The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation",

(1911) *''Two Suffrage Movements'', Martha Gruening (1912) * ''The Woman With Empty Hands: The Evolution of a Suffragette'',

Marion Hamilton Carter Marion Hamilton Carter (1865-1937) was an American Progressive Era educator, psychologist, children’s literature editor, short story writer, and artist. In her prime, she worked as a muckraker journalist, magazine editor, women’s suffrage ad ...

(1913) *"If Men Were Seeking the Franchise",

Jane Addams Laura Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 May 21, 1935) was an American Settlement movement, settlement activist, Social reform, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She was an important leader in the history of s ...

(1913) *''Samantha on the Woman Question'',

Marietta Holley Marietta Holley (pen names, Jemyma, later, Josiah Allen's Wife; July 16, 1836 – March 1, 1926), was an American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society and politics. Holley enjoyed a prolific writing career and was a bestselling au ...

*"Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper" from ''The Forerunner'',

(1913) *''A Short History of Women's Rights, From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. With Special Reference to England and the United States'', Eugene A. Hecker (1914) *''Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times'',

Alice Duer Miller Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses influenced political opinion during the American suffrage movement, and her verse novel ''The W ...

(1915) *"How It Feels to Be the Husband of a Suffragette", Mr. Catt (married to

) (1915) *"The Fundamental Principle of a Republic",

Anna Howard Shaw Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a leader of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was also a physician and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers in the United States. Early life Sh ...

(1915) *''Woman's Work in Municipalities'',

Mary Ritter Beard Mary Ritter Beard (August 5, 1876 – August 14, 1958) was an American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive Era reformer, Beard wa ...

(1915) *"The Crisis",

(1916) *''Trifles: A Play in One Act'',

Susan Glaspell Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company. First know ...

(1916) *'' With Her in Ourland'',

(1916) *'' The Job'',

Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was ...

(1917) * ''The Sturdy Oak'', Elizabeth Jordan (editor) (1917) *"Speech to Congress",

(1917) *''Woman Suffrage'',

(1917) *''Women Are People!'',

(1917) *"Mobilizing Woman-Power",

Harriot Stanton Blatch Harriot Eaton Blatch ( Stanton; January 20, 1856–November 20, 1940) was an American writer and suffragist. She was the daughter of pioneering women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Biography Harriot Eaton Stanton was born, the six ...

(1918) *''Pioneers of Birth Control in England and America'', Victor Robinson (1919) *''Woman Triumphant; the Story of Her Struggles for Freedom, Education, and Political Rights. Dedicated to All Noble-Minded Women by an Appreciative Member of the Other Sex'', Rudolph Cronau (1919)

1920s

*''Jailed For Freedom'',

Doris Stevens Doris Stevens (born Dora Caroline Stevens, October 26, 1888 – March 22, 1963) was an American suffragist, woman's legal rights advocate and author. She was the first female member of the American Institute of International Law and first cha ...

(1920) *''Now We Can Begin'',

Crystal Eastman Crystal Catherine Eastman (June 25, 1881 – July 28, 1928) was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best remembered as a leader in the fight for women's suffrage, as a co-founder and co-editor with ...

(1920) * ''

The Age of Innocence ''The Age of Innocence'' is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine '' Pictorial Review''. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. App ...

'',

(1920) *''Woman and the New Race'',

Margaret Sanger Margaret Higgins Sanger (born Margaret Louise Higgins; September 14, 1879September 6, 1966), also known as Margaret Sanger Slee, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized the term "birth contro ...

(1920) *''The Morality of Birth Control'',

(1921) *"Woman's Rights Party Platform" (1922) *"The Double Task: The Struggle of Negro Women for Sex and Race Emancipation", Elise Johnson McDougald (1925) *''Concerning Women'',

Suzanne La Follette Suzanne Clara La Follette (June 24, 1893 – April 23, 1983) was an American journalist and author who advocated for libertarian feminism in the first half of the 20th century. As an editor she helped found several magazines. She was an early and a ...

(1926)

1930s

*''

Women in Music Women in music include women as composers, songwriters, instrumental performers, singers, conductors, music scholars, music educators, music critics/music journalists, and in other musical professions. Also, it describes music movements (e. ...

'', edited by

Frédérique Petrides Frédérique Petrides (pronounced peh TREE dis), (September 26, 1903 – January 12, 1983), was a Belgian-American conductor and violinist. In 1933, she founded and conducted the Orchestrette Classique in New York. It consisted of women musici ...

(1935)

1940s

*'' Laura'',

Vera Caspary Vera Louise Caspary (November 13, 1899 – June 13, 1987) was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories. Her best-known novel, '' Laura'', was made into a successful movie. Though she claimed she was not a "real" myste ...

(1943) *''Woman as a Force in History. A Study in Traditions and Realities'',

(1946)

1950s

* "Women as a Minority Group", Helen Mayer Hacker (1951) *''The Matriarchal-Brotherhood: Sex and Labor in Primitive Society'',

Evelyn Reed Evelyn Reed (31 October 1905 – 1979) was an American communist and women's rights activist. In January 1940, she traveled to Mexico to see the exiled Russian Revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his wife Natalia Sedova. There, at the house of T ...

(1954) *''The Myth of Women's Inferiority'',

(1954)

1960s

*"The Human Situation: A Feminine View", Valerie Saiving (1960) *"A Bunny's Tale, Part I", by

Gloria Steinem Gloria Marie Steinem (; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Steinem was a c ...

(1963) *"A Bunny's Tale, Part II", by

(1963) *"Equality Between the Sexes: An Immodest Proposal", Alice S. Rossi (1963) *''

The Bell Jar ''The Bell Jar'' is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963, the novel is semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed. The boo ...

'',

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, '' Th ...

(1963) * ''

The Feminine Mystique ''The Feminine Mystique'' is a book by Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States. First published by W. W. Norton on February 19, 1963, ''The Feminine Mystique'' became a bestseller, initially selling o ...

'',

Betty Friedan Betty Friedan ( February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book '' The Feminine Mystique'' is often credited with sparking the se ...

(1963) *"A Study of the Feminine Mystique",

(1964) *

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced ) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins at segreg ...

Position Paper: Women in the Movement (1964) *"Jane Crow and the Law: Sex Discrimination and Title VII", Mary Eastwood and

Pauli Murray Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, gender equality advocate, Episcopal priest, and author. Drawn to the ministry, in 1977 she became one of the first women ...

(1965) *"Sex and Caste - A Kind of Memo", Casey Hayden and Mary King (1965) *''Up Your Ass'', Valerie Solanas (1965) *''Child'',

Andrea Dworkin Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo ...

(1966) *"Free Woman" from the ''San Francisco Express Times'', Heather Dean (1966) *The

National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. It ...

's 1966 Statement of Purpose,

(1966) *"What Concrete Steps Can Be Taken to Further the Homophile Movement",

Shirley Willer Shirley Willer (September 26, 1922 – December 31, 1999) was an American feminist and activist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Willer joined the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) in the 1950s and became the president of the organization a few years a ...

(1966) *"Woman's Place: Silence or Service?", Letha Scanzoni (1966) (original manuscript, possibly not as published in 1966) *''Diary of a Mad Housewife'', Sue Kaufman (1967) * "The Radical Women Manifesto: Socialist Feminist Theory, Program and Organizational Structure", by

Radical Women Radical Women (RW) is a socialist feminist grassroots activist organization affiliated with the Freedom Socialist Party. It has branches in Seattle, Washington, and Melbourne, Australia. History Radical Women emerged in Seattle from a "Free Uni ...

(1967) *"To the Women of the Left" (1967) *"Abortion Rally Speech",

Anne Koedt Anne Koedt (born 1941) is an American radical feminist activist and author of "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm", a 1970 classic feminist work on women's sexuality. She was connected to the group New York Radical Women and was a founding member ...

(1968) *"A Letter to the Editor of

Ramparts Magazine ''Ramparts'' was a glossy illustrated American political and literary magazine, published from 1962 to 1975 and closely associated with the New Left political movement. Unlike most of the radical magazines of the day, ''Ramparts'' was expensively ...

", Lynn Piartney (1968) *"Black Women in Poverty", various authors (1968) *"Burial of Weeping Womanhood", Radical Women's Group (1968) *"Elevate Marriage to Partnership", Letha Scanzoni (1968) (original manuscript, not as published in 1968) *"Funeral Oration for the Burial of Traditional Womanhood", Kathie Amatniek (1968) *"Letter to the Editor in Response to a Guardian Article",

Ellen Willis Ellen Jane Willis (December 14, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American left-wing political essayist, journalist, activist, feminist, and pop music critic. A 2014 collection of her essays, ''The Essential Ellen Willis,'' received the National ...

(1968) *''Morning Hair'',

(1968) *

(N.O.W.) Bill of Rights (1968) *''No More Fun and Games: A Journal of Female Liberation'', (1968) *"No More

Miss America Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...

!", (press release for

Redstockings Redstockings, also known as Redstockings of the Women's Liberation Movement, is a radical feminist nonprofit that was founded in January 1969 in New York City, whose goal is "To Defend and Advance the Women's Liberation Agenda". The group's name ...

Robin Morgan Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the ...

(1968) *''Notes From the First Year'',

New York Radical Women New York Radical Women (NYRW) was an early second-wave radical feminist group that existed from 1967 to 1969. They drew nationwide media attention when they unfurled a banner inside the 1968 Miss America pageant displaying the words "Women' ...

(1968) *"Psychology Constructs the Female", Naomi Weisstein (1968) *"Principles",

(1968) * ''

SCUM Manifesto ''SCUM Manifesto'' is a radical feminist manifesto by Valerie Solanas, published in 1967. It argues that men have ruined the world, and that it is up to women to fix it. To achieve this goal, it suggests the formation of SCUM, an organization de ...

'', Valerie Solanas (1968) *''

Sexual Politics ''Sexual Politics'' is the debut book by American writer and activist Kate Millett, based on her PhD dissertation. It was published in 1970 by Doubleday. It is regarded as a classic of feminism and one of radical feminism's key texts. ''Sexu ...

'',

Kate Millett Katherine Murray Millett (September 14, 1934 – September 6, 2017) was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended Oxford University and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors ...

(1968) *''The Church and the Second Sex'', Mary Daly (1968) *"The Jeanette Rankin Brigade: Woman Power? A Summary of Our Involvement",

Shulamith Firestone Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Firestone (born Feuerstein; January 7, 1945 – August 28, 2012) was a Canadian-American radical feminist writer and activist. Firestone was a central figure in the early development of radical feminism and second-w ...

(1968) *"The Lesbian's Other Identity", Del Martin (1968) *"The Women's Liberation Front" from ''Moderator'', Joreen (1968) *"The Women's Rights Movement in the US: A New View",

(1968) *"Towards a Radical Movement",

Heather Booth Heather Booth (born December 15, 1945) is an American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist who has been involved in activism for progressive causes. During her student years, she was active in both the civil rights movement ...

, Evie Goldfield, and Sue Munaker (1968) *"Understanding Orgasm" from ''Ramparts'', Susan Lydon (1968) *''Voice of the Women's Liberation Movement'' ewsletter(1968–1969) *"What Sort of Man Reads Playboy?" (1968) * "Women and Power",

(1968) *"After Black Power, Women's Liberation",

(1969) *"A Historical and Critical Essay for Black Women", Patricia Haden, Donna Middleton, and Patricia Robinson (1969–1970) *"Are Men Really the Enemy?", Jayne West (1969) *"An Argument for Black Women's Liberation As a Revolutionary Force", Mary Ann Weathers (1969) *"An 'Oppressed Majority' Demands Its Rights" from ''Life'',

Sara Davidson Sara Davidson (born 1943) is a journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. She is the author of the best-selling ''Loose Change''. . From '' The New York Times'' It was adapted as a television mini-series. In addition, she has written other series a ...

(1969) *" Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female", Frances Beal (1969) *"Equal Rights for Women",

Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional distr ...

(1969) *"Females and Welfare", Betsy Warrior (1969) *"Founding Editorial" from ''Women: A Journal of Liberation'' (1969) *"Freedom for Movement Girls - Now", vanauken (1969) *''

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'' is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of charact ...

'',

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...

(1969) *"Lesbianism and Feminism", Wilda Chase (1969) *"Politics of the Ego: A Manifesto",

New York Radical Feminists New York Radical Feminists (NYRF) was a radical feminist group founded by Shulamith Firestone and Anne Koedt in 1969, after they had left Redstockings and The Feminists, respectively. Firestone's and Koedt's desire to start this new group was ...

(1969) *Proposed Statement of Political Principles (1969) *"Radical Feminism and Love",

Ti-Grace Atkinson Grace Atkinson (born November 9, 1938), better known as Ti-Grace Atkinson, is an American radical feminist activist, writer and philosopher. Life and career Atkinson was born into a prominent Louisiana family. Named after her grandmother, Gra ...

(1969) *"

Manifesto" (1969) *"Sweet 16 to Saggy 36: Saga of American Womanhood", Cleveland Radical Women's Group (1969) *"The First Press Coverage of the

" from ''Scenes'' (1969) *"The Grand Coolie Damn",

Marge Piercy Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist and writer. Her work includes '' Woman on the Edge of Time''; '' He, She and It'', which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and ''Gone to Soldiers'', a New York Times Best ...

(1969) *"The Last of the Red Hot Mammas, Or, the Liberation of Women as Performed by the Inmates of the World" (1969) *"A Marriage Agreement",

Alix Kates Shulman Alix Kates Shulman (born August 17, 1932) is an American writer of fiction, memoirs, and essays, and a prominent early radical activist of second-wave feminism. She is best known for her bestselling debut adult novel, ''Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Qu ...

(1969) *"The Next Great Moment in History Is Theirs",

Vivian Gornick Vivian Gornick (born June 14, 1935) is an American radical feminist critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist. Early Life and Education In 1957 Gornick received a bachelor of arts degree from City College of New York and in 1960 a master of ...

(1969) *"Towards a Revolutionary Women's Union: A Strategic Perspective"', Terry R. and Lucy G. (1969)TOWARDS A REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN'S UNION: A Strategic Perspective
*"What is the Revolutionary Potential of Women's Liberation?", Kathy McAfee and Myrna Wood (1969) *"Who Is the Enemy?", Roxanne Dunbar (1969) *Who We Are: Descriptions of Women's Liberation Groups (1969) *"Women and the Myth of Consumerism",

(1969)

1970s

*"A Monologue by Naomi Weisstein" (1970s) *"A Proposal for Community Work", Vivian Rothstein and Mary M. (1970s) *''Liberation of Women: Sexual Repression and the Family'', Laurel Limpus (1970s) *Lyrics to songs by the Chicago and New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Bands (1970s) *"About Us", San Diego Women's Collective (1970) *"Black Woman's Manifesto", Third World Women's Alliance (1970) *''Black Women's Liberation'', Maxine Williams and Pamela Newman (1970) *"For the Equal Rights Amendment",

(1970) *"Goodbye to All That" from ''Rat'',

(1970) *'' Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics'' (1977-1992) *''I Am What I Am'', Lorna Cherot (1970) *"If That's All There Is", Del Martin (1970) *"Institutional Discrimination", Joreen (1970) *"Is Man an 'Aggressive Ape?'",

(1970) *"Judge Carswell And The 'Sex Plus' Doctrine",

(1970) *''Notes From The Second Year: Women's Liberation'',

(1970) * ''

off our backs ''Off Our Backs'' (stylized in all lowercase; ''oob'') was an American radical feminist periodical that ran from 1970 to 2008. It began publishing on February 27, 1970, with a twelve-page tabloid first issue. From 2002 the editors adapted it i ...

'' (1970–present) *"Poor White Women", Roxanne Dunbar (1970) * ''

'',

(1970) * '' Sisterhood Is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement'', edited by

(ed.) (1970) *"Take a Good Look at Our Problems", Pamela Newman (1970) *"The Building of the Gilded Cage" from ''The Second Wave: A Magazine of the New Feminism'', Joreen (1970) * '' The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution'',

(1970) *''The Liberation of Black Women'',

(1970) *"

The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm" is a feminist essay on women's sexuality written by American radical feminist activist Anne Koedt in 1968, and published in 1970. It first appeared in a four-paragraph outline form in the ''Notes from the Second Y ...

(1970) *"The Politics of Housework", Pat Mainardi of

(1970) *"The Revolution is Happening in Our Minds" from ''Revolution II: Thinking Female'', Joreen (1970) *"The Role of Government Agencies in Gaining Equal Rights for Women", DARE (1970) *"The Unfreedom of Jewish Women", Trude Weiss-Rosmarin (1970) *" The Woman Identified Woman",

Radicalesbians This article addresses the history of lesbianism in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, the members of same-sex female couples discussed here are not known to be lesbian (rather than, for example, bisexual), but they are mentioned as part ...

(1970) *"Towards A Revolutionary Women's Union: A Strategic Perspective", Terry R. and Lucy G. (1970) *"You Are Not My God, Jehovah!", Rev. Peggy Way (1970) * "Young Lords Party Position Paper on Women", Central Committee of the

Young Lords The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO) or Young Lords Party (YLP), was a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. The group aims to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-det ...

Party (1970) *''What Is a Woman?'', Norma Allen (1970) *"What Is Women's Liberation?", Marilyn Salzman Webb, from WIN (1970) *"What It Would Be Like If Women Win",

(1970) *"What Men Can Do For Women's Liberation", Gainesville Women's Liberation (1970) *"Who We Are", ''Siren: A Journal of Anarcho-Feminism'' (1970) *"Why Women's Liberation is Important to Black Women", Maxine Williams (1970) *"Woman and Her Mind: The Story of Daily Life", Meredith Tax (1970) *"Women: Caste, Class, or Oppressed Sex",

(1970) *"Women on the Social Science Faculties since 1892 (at the University of Chicago)", Joreen (1970) *"'Women's Liberation' Aims to Free Men Too" from the ''Washington Post'',

(1970) *"Women's Lib Organizations", Karen Durbin, from WIN (1970) *"Women’s Lib: The War on ‘Sexism’", Helen Dudar (1970) *"Women's Oppression: Cortejas", Connie Morales, Education Ministry,

(1970) *"Abortions", Gloria Colon, Ministry of Education, Central Headquarters

Young Lords Party The Young Lords, also known as the Young Lords Organization (YLO) or Young Lords Party (YLP), was a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. The group aims to fight for neighborhood empowerment and self-det ...

(1971) *"A Daughter and Mother Talk About Sexuality", Elaine and her mother from ''Womankind'' (1971–1972) *"A Defense of Abortion" from ''Philosophy & Public Affairs'', Vol. 1, no. 1,

Judith Jarvis Thomson Judith Jarvis Thomson (October 4, 1929November 20, 2020) was an American philosopher who studied and worked on ethics and metaphysics. Her work ranges across a variety of fields, but she is most known for her work regarding the thought experimen ...

(Fall 1971) *"After the Death of God the Father" from ''Commonweal'', Mary Daly (1971) *"Analysis of Chicago Women's Liberation School", Chicago Women's Liberation Union, (1971) *"And Jill Came Tumbling After" from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"An End to Separate and Unequal", Trude Weiss-Rosmarin (1971)An End to Separate and Unequal
on

Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner The Berman Jewish Policy Archive (BJPA), housed at thGraduate School of Education at Stanford Universityis a centralized electronic database of Jewish communal policy research. Its collection contains more than 20,000 documents, with holdings spa ...

*"A Statement About Female Liberation" (1971) *"Bogeymen and Bogeywomen", Judy from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"Can Women Love Women?" (interview by

, 1971) *"Desexing the Language", Casey Miller and Kate Swift (1971) *"Down With Sexist Upbringing!",

Letty Cottin Pogrebin Letty Cottin Pogrebin (born June 9, 1939) is an American author, journalist, lecturer, and social activist. She is a founding editor of ''Ms.'' magazine, the author of twelve books, and was an editorial consultant for the TV special '' Free to B ...

(1971) *"Equal Only When Obligated", Deborah Miller (1971) *"Feminism and 'The Female Eunuch'",

(1971) *"Feminism: Old Wave and New Wave", Ellen DuBois (1971) *"Free Abortion is Every Woman's Right: Statement of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union" (1971) *"Going Through Changes", Joan from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"High School Women Ask: What is Women's Liberation?" from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"How to Start your Own Consciousness-Raising Group" (leaflet distributed by the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, 1971) *"Is Biology Woman's Destiny?",

(1971) *"Lemme Tell Ya About Being a Woman Lawyer...", Susan from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"Lesbianism and Feminism",

(1971) *"Masters of War" from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"Mr. Smith, Take A Memo: I've Got Some Things to Tell You" from ''Womankind'' (1971) *''

Ms. Ms. (American English) or Ms (British English; normally , but also , or when unstressed)''Oxford English Dictionary'' online, Ms, ''n.2''. Etymology: "An orthographic and phonetic blend of Mrs ''n.1'' and miss ''n.2'' Compare mizz ''n.'' The pr ...

'' (1971–present) *"

Manifesto of Shared Rape" (1971) *"No Lady" from ''Black Maria'' (1971) *Notes for the (future Furies Collective) Cell Meeting (1971) *''Notes From The Third Year: Women's Liberation'',

(1971) *"Notes on a Writer's Workshop" from ''Black Maria'', Donna I. (1971) *"Politicalesbians and the Women's Liberation Movement", Anonymous Realesbians (1971) * "Position on Women's Liberation", Central Committee,

(1971) *"Rape: An Act of Terror", Barbara Mehrhof and Pamela Kearon (1971) *"Rape Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry", Kay Potter (1971) * "Sexism", Gloria González, Field Marshal,

(1971) *"Statement by Elma Barrera" (1971) * '' The First Sex'', Elizabeth Gould Davis (1971) *"The Housewife's Moment of Truth", Jane O'Reilly *"The Lesbian Newsletter",

Daughters of Bilitis The Daughters of Bilitis , also called the DOB or the Daughters, was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. The organization, formed in San Francisco in 1955, was conceived as a social alternative to le ...

(1971) *"The Politics of Sterilization", Chicago Women's Liberation Union (1971) *"The Social Construction of the Second Sex" from ''Roles Women Play: Readings Towards Women's Liberation'', Joreen (1971) *"The Vagina on Trial",

Kathleen Barry Kathleen Barry (born January 22, 1941) is an American sociologist and feminist. After researching and publishing books on international human sex trafficking, she cofounded the United Nations NGO, the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CAT ...

(1971) *"United Women's Contingent: March On Washington Against the War" (1971) *"Using Your Maiden Name", Diane and Linda from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" from ''ArtNews'',

Linda Nochlin Linda Nochlin (''née'' Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and writer. As a prominent feminist art h ...

, (1971) *"Why Women's Liberation?" from ''Black Maria'' (1971) *"Woman as Patient", Laura Green and Womankind (1971) *"Women: New Voice of La Raza", Mirta Vidal (1971) *"Women's Liberation: A Catholic View", Marilyn Bowers (1971) *"Women's Liberation and Its Impact on the Campus" from ''Liberal Education'', Joreen (1971) *Women's March on D.C., Anne and Heidi (1971) *"Working Women Get Together", Dagmar and Laura from ''Womankind'' (1971) *"Workshop Resolutions of the First National Chicana Conference" (1971) *"A Call for the Castration of Sexist Religion", Mary Daly (1972) *"Action Committee on Decent Childcare", from ''Women: A Journal of Liberation'' (1972) *"A History of International Women's Day" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"Chicago Maternity Center: 77 Years of Home Deliveries...Will This Be Its Last?", Alice from ''Womankind'' (1972) *" Chicago Women's Liberation Union" from ''Women: A Journal of Liberation'', Naomi Weisstein and Vivian Rothstein (1972) *"Cleaning Up", Mary Blake from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"Covert Sex Discrimination Against Women as Medical Patients",

Carol Downer Carol Downer (born 1933 in Oklahoma) is an American feminist lawyer and non-fiction author who focused her career on abortion rights and women's health around the world. She was involved in the creation of the self-help movement and the first self ...

(1972) *"DARE Challenges City Hall Budget" (1972) *"Don't Think", from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women n the Navy, Admiral Zumwalt (1972) *"Family Relations Court", Alice from ''Womankind'' (1972) *''

Feminist Studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppressi ...

'' (1972–present) *"Half of China" from ''Womankind'', Elaine (1972) *"Indochina Peace Campaign" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"I Want a Wife" from ''Ms.'', Judy Syfers (1972) *"I Want to Pick Your Brains", Ruth Carol (1972) *"Jewish Women Call For a Change", Ezrat Nashim (1972) *"Lesbian Mothers and Their Children" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"Lesbians in Revolt: Male Supremacy Quakes and Quivers",

Charlotte Bunch Charlotte Bunch (born October 13, 1944) is an American feminist author and organizer in women's rights and human rights movements. Bunch is currently the founding director and senior scholar at the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutg ...

(1972) *'' Lesbian/Woman'',

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) were an American lesbian couple known as feminist and gay-rights activists. Martin and Lyon met in 1950, ...

(1972) *''Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen'',

(1972) *"

NOW Now most commonly refers to the present time. Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to: Organizations * Natal Organisation of Women, a South African women's organization * National Organization for Women, an American feminist organization * Now ...

Press Release on City Hall Gender Discrimination" (1972) *"On Being a Waitress", Carolyn (1972) *"One Small Step for Genkind", Casey Miller and Kate Swift (1972) *"Our Output = Their Income" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"Rape" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"Sex or, Hey, I Thought This Was Supposed to be Fun!" from ''Womankind'', Cathy (1972) *"Socialist Feminism", Chicago Women's Liberation Union (1972) *"Soldiers in the Streets" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"That Old Problem - Sex" from ''Womankind'', Lorna (1972) *''The Coming of Lilith'',

Judith Plaskow Judith Plaskow (born March 14, 1947) is an American theologian, author, and activist known for being the first Jewish feminist theologian. After earning her doctorate at Yale University, she taught at Manhattan College for thirty-two years before ...

, (1972) *"The DARE Janitress Campaign" from ''Womankind'' (1972) *"The Fear of Childbirth is a PAIN", from ''Womankind'' (1972) *''

The Feminist Art Journal ''The Feminist Art Journal'' was an American magazine, published quarterly from 1972 to 1977. It was the first stable, widely read journal covering feminist art. By the time the final publication was produced, ''The Feminist Art Journal'' had a cir ...

'' (1972-1977) *"The Feminization of Society",

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

(1972) *" The Tyranny of Structurelessness", Joreen (1972) *"Tum'ah and Toharah: Ends and Beginnings",

Rachel Adler Rachel Adler (born Ruthelyn Rubin; July 2, 1943) is professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Judaism and Gender at Hebrew Union College, at the Los Angeles campus. Adler was one of the first theologians to integrate feminist perspectives and concer ...

(1972) *"Viet Nam: The Voice of Song Will Rise Above the Sound of the Bombs" from ''Womankind'', Eileen Kreutz (1972) *"WATCH Demands", WATCH (1972) *"WATCH: Save the Chicago Maternity Center" (1972) *"We Have Had Abortions" from ''Ms.'' (1972) *"We Look At Ms.", Sue (1972) * "Welfare is a Women's Issue", by

Johnnie Tillmon Johnnie Tillmon Blackston (born Johnnie Lee Percy; April 10, 1926 – November 22, 1995) was an American welfare rights activist. She is regarded as one of the most influential welfare rights activists in the country, whose work with the NWRO infl ...

, published in ''Ms.'', (1972) *"When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision",

Adrienne Rich Adrienne Cecile Rich ( ; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the ...

(1972) *''Women and Madness'',

Phyllis Chesler Phyllis Chesler (born October 1, 1940) is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island ( CUNY). She is a renowned second-wave feminist psychologist and the auth ...

(1972) * "Women in a Socialist Society", Women's Union,

(1972) *''Women of La Raza Unite!'' (1972) *''

Women's Studies Quarterly ''Women's Studies Quarterly'', often referred to as ''WSQ'', is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal of women's studies that was established in 1972 and published by The Feminist Press. The Feminist Press was founded by Florence Howe in 1970. ...

'' (1972–present) *"Abortion Task Force: Who We Are" from ''Womankind'' (1973) *''Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation'', Mary Daly (1973) *''

Fear of Flying Fear of flying is a fear of being on an airplane, or other flying vehicle, such as a helicopter, while in flight. It is also referred to as flying anxiety, flying phobia, flight phobia, aviophobia, aerophobia, or pteromechanophobia (although a ...

'', Erica Jong (1973) *'' Lesbian Nation: The Feminist Solution'',

Jill Johnston Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010) was a British-born American feminist author and cultural critic who wrote '' Lesbian Nation'' in 1973 and was a longtime writer for ''The Village Voice''. She was also a leader of the lesbian ...

(1973) *"Letter from the Abortion Defense Fund" (1973) *"Mom on a Hook" from ''Womankind'' (1973) *"On Separatism", Lee Schwing (1973) * '' Our Bodies, Ourselves'', The Boston Women's Health Book Collective (1973) *"Posters that Express the Reality of Being a Woman", Linda Winer (1973) *"

Rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ...

(1973) *"So Who Needs Daycare?" from ''Womankind'', Mary M. (1973) * ''The Furies'', The Furies Collective (January 1972 until mid-1973) *"The Jane Song", Elizabeth Roberts (1973) *"The Jew Who Wasn't There: Halacha and the Jewish Woman",

(1973) *"The

National Black Feminist Organization The National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO) was founded in 1973. The group worked to address the unique issues affecting black women in America.Wilma Pearl Mankiller. The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History, Houghton Mifflin Books, 1998 ...

's Statement of Purpose" (1973) *"The Status of Women in Halakhic Judaism", Saul Berman (1973) *"The Verbal Karate of Florynce R. Kennedy, Esq.",

(1973) *"The Women Men Don't See", James Tiptree Jr. (pen name of Alice Bradley Sheldon) (1973) *"Vacuum Aspiration Abortion", Health Organizing Collective of Women's Health and Abortion Project (1973) *"

When I Was Growing Up ''When I Was Growing Up'' is an autobiographical poem written by revolutionary feminist activist, Nellie Wong in 1973, describing her struggle to identify as an Asian-American girl growing up in the United States. Wong reflects on the universal re ...

Nellie Wong Nellie Wong (born 12 September 1934) is an American poet and activist for feminist and socialist causes. Wong is also an active member of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. Biography Wong was born in Oakland, California to Chines ...

(1973) *''Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers'',

Barbara Ehrenreich Barbara Ehrenreich (, ; ; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and awa ...

and

Deirdre English Deirdre English (born 1948) is the former editor of '' Mother Jones'' and author of numerous articles for national publications and television documentaries. She has taught at the State University of New York and currently teaches at the Graduate ...

(1973) *"Abortion--the Need to Change Jewish Law",

(1974) *"A Young Woman's Death: Would Health Rights Have Prevented It?", Helen Rodriquez-Trias (1974) *"Feminism, a Cause for the Halachic",

(1974) *"Feminism, Art, and My Mother Sylvia",

(1974) *"In Search of Our Mother's Gardens: The Creativity of Black Women in the South", from ''Ms.'',

Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awa ...

(1974) *"Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture?", Sherry Ortner (1974) *"Mother Right: A New Feminist Theory",

Jane Alpert Jane Lauren Alpert (born May 20, 1947) is an American former far left radical who conspired in the bombings of eight government and commercial office buildings in New York City in 1969. Arrested when other members of her group were caught plantin ...

(1974) *'' Woman Hating: A Radical Look at Sexuality'',

(1974) *"A Black Feminist's Search For Sisterhood", Michele Wallace (1975) *''Abortion is a Blessing'', Anne Nicol Gaylor (1975) * ''

Against Our Will ''Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape'' is a 1975 book about rape by Susan Brownmiller, in which the author argues that rape is "a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear." Summary Brownmiller cri ...

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Susan Brownmiller Susan Brownmiller (born Susan Warhaftig; February 15, 1935) is an American journalist, author and feminist activist best known for her 1975 book '' Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape'', which was selected by The New York Public Library as o ...

(1975) *"DAR II (Dykes for the Second American Revolution)" (1975) *"Feminist Economic Alliance Formed to Aid New Sister Credit Unions" (1975) *"How to Discriminate Against Women Without Really Trying" from ''Women: A Feminist Perspective'', Joreen (1975) *''Judaism and the New Woman'',

Sally Priesand Sally Jane Priesand (born June 27, 1946) is America's first female rabbi ordained by a rabbinical seminary, and the second formally ordained female rabbi in Jewish history, after Regina Jonas. Priesand was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Je ...

(1975) *"Lesbian Group 975 Conference Report (1975) *"Lesbian Pride",

(1975) *''Reaching Beyond Intellect'', Hallie Iglehart and Jeanne Scott-Senior (1975) *'' Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society'' (1975–present) *"Stand Up and Be Counted", Secret Storm (1975) * ''The Female Imagination'',

Patricia Meyer Spacks Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks (born 1929) is an American literary scholar. She is the Edgar F. Shannon Professor Emerita at the University of Virginia and former President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Modern Language Associat ...

(1975) * ''

The Female Man ''The Female Man'' is a feminist science fiction novel by American writer Joanna Russ. It was originally written in 1970 and first published in 1975 by Bantam Books. Russ was an ardent feminist and challenged sexist views during the 1970s with her ...

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Joanna Russ Joanna Russ (February 22, 1937 – April 29, 2011) was an American writer, academic and feminist. She is the author of a number of works of science fiction, fantasy and feminist literary criticism such as ''How to Suppress Women's Writing'', as w ...

(1975) *"The Legal Bias Against Rape Victims (The Rape of Mr. Smith)," Connie K. Borkenhagen (1975) *"The Root Cause",

, (1975) * "The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex,"

Gayle Rubin Gayle S. Rubin (born January 1, 1949 in South Carolina) is an American cultural anthropologist best known as an activist and theorist of sex and gender politics. She has written on a range of subjects including feminism, sadomasochism, prosti ...

(1975) * "Toward a Phenomenology of Feminist Consciousness," Sandra Bartky (1975) *'' Wages Against Housework'',

Silvia Federici Silvia Federici (born in Parma, Italy, 1942) is a scholar, teacher, and feminist activist based in New York. She is a professor emerita and teaching fellow at Hofstra University in New York State, where she was a social science professor. She al ...

(1975) *"What is Women's Liberation?", Secret Storm (1975) *"What Medical Students Learn", Kay Weiss (1975) *'' Woman's Evolution: From Matriarchal Clan to Patriarchal Family'',

(1975) *"You Are Where You Eat", Laura Shapiro (1975) *"A Feminist Tarot",

Sally Miller Gearhart Sally Miller Gearhart (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) was an American teacher, feminist, science-fiction writer, and political activist. In 1973, she became the first open lesbian to obtain a tenure-track faculty position when she was hired ...

and Susan Rennie (1976) * ''Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman'', Michele Wallace (1976) *''Blazing Star'' Vol. 2 No. 1 (July 1976) *''Blazing Star'' Vol. 2 No. 3 (October 1976) *''

Camera Obscura A camera obscura (; ) is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole. ''Camera obscura'' can also refer to analogous constructions such as a box or tent in w ...

'' (1976–present) *"Female God Language in a Jewish Context",

Rita Gross Rita M. Gross (July 6, 1943 – November 11, 2015) was an American Buddhist feminist scholar of religions and author. Before retiring, she was Professor of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. In 1974 G ...

(1976) *"Feminism: Is it Good for the Jews?",

Blu Greenberg Blu Greenberg (born January 21, 1936, in Seattle, with the name Bluma Genauer, later legally changing her first name to Blu) is an American writer specializing in modern Judaism and women's issues. Her most noted books are ''On Women and Judaism: A ...

(1976) *"Is the Women's Movement in Trouble?" from Working Papers on Socialism & Feminism, Roberta Lynch (1976) * '' Kinflicks'',

Lisa Alther Lisa Alther (born July 23, 1944) is an American author and novelist. Personal life Alther was born in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1944. Her father was a surgeon, while her mother was a homemaker. She has 3 brothers and a sister. She graduated from W ...

(1976) *"Learning From Lesbian Separatism",

(1976) * ''Literary Women'', Ellen Moers (1976) * ''

Lover Lover or lovers may refer to a person having a sexual or romantic relationship with someone outside marriage. In this context see: * Sexual partner * Mistress (lover) * Extramarital sex * Premarital sex Lover or Lovers may also refer to: G ...

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Bertha Harris Bertha Harris (December 17, 1937 – May 22, 2005) was an American lesbian novelist. She is highly regarded by critics and admirers, but her novels are less familiar to the broader public. Personal life Bertha Anne Harris was born in Fay ...

(1976) * ''Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution'',

(1976) *"Medical Crimes Against Women", Jenny Knauss, Janet M., Kathy Mallin, Lauren Crawford and Sharon M. (1976) *'' Meridian'',

(1976) *''Our blood: prophecies and discourses on sexual politics'',

(1976) * ''The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangement and Human Malaise'',

Dorothy Dinnerstein Dorothy Dinnerstein (April 4, 1923 – December 17, 1992) was an American academic and activist, best known for her 1976 book ''The Mermaid and the Minotaur''. Drawing from elements of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, particularly as developed by ...

(1976) *"What Became of God the Mother? Conflicting Images of God in Early Christianity",

Elaine H. Pagels Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born February 13, 1943), is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosti ...

(1976) *"What is Socialist Feminism?",

(1976) * ''

When God Was a Woman ''When God Was a Woman'' is the U.S. title of a 1976 book by sculptor and art historian Merlin Stone. It was published earlier in the United Kingdom as ''The Paradise Papers: The Suppression of Women's Rites''. It has been translated into Frenc ...

'', Merlin Stone (1976) *'' Woman on the Edge of Time'',

(1976) *''Women, Money and Power'',

with Emily Jane Goodman (1976) *"Women's Liberation Builds Strong Bodies in Many Ways", Secret Storm (ca. 1976) *"Women Talk Back", Secret Storm (ca. 1976) *''Words and Women: A New Language in New Times'' by Casey Miller, Kate Swift (1976) *"A Black Feminist Statement",

Combahee River Collective The Combahee River Collective ( ) was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. Marable, Manning; Leith Mullings (eds), ''Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices of Resistance, Reform, and Renewal'', Combahee ...

(1977) *"Biological Superiority: The World's Most Dangerous and Deadly Idea",

(1977) *"Claiming an Education",

(1977) *"Declaration of American Women", The President's Interagency Council on Women National Plan of Action (1977) *"How Can a Little Girl Like You Teach a Big Class of Men?", Naomi Weisstein (1977) *"Left-Wing Anti-Feminism: A Revisionist Disorder",

Marlene Dixon The Democratic Workers Party was a United States Marxist–Leninist party based in California headed by former professor Marlene Dixon, lasting from 1974–1987. One member, Janja Lalich, later became a widely cited researcher on cults. She char ...

(1977) *"Marx and Gandhi were Liberals: Feminism and the 'Radical' Left",

(1977) *"Monopoly Capitalism and the Women's Movement",

(1977) *"On the Super-Exploitation of Women",

(1977) *"Pornography: The New Terrorism"

(1977) *''Sex Bias in the U.S. Code'',

United States Commission on Civil Rights The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility fo ...

(1977) *"The Last Mile", Edith Grinnell (1977) *"The Prostitute: Paradigmatic Woman", Julia P. Stanley (1977) *"The Rise and Demise of Women's Liberation: A Class Analysis",

(1977) *"The Simple Story of a Lesbian Girlhood",

(1977) *"The Sisterhood Rip-Off: The Destruction of the Left in the Professional Women's Caucuses",

(1977) *"The Subjugation of Women Under Capitalism: The Bourgeois Morality,

(1977) *''

The Women's Room ''The Women's Room'' is the debut novel by American feminist author Marilyn French, published in 1977. It launched French as a major participant in the feminist movement and, while French states it is not autobiographical, the book reflects ma ...

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Marilyn French Marilyn French (; November 21, 1929 – May 2, 2009) was an American radical feminist author. Life French was born in Brooklyn to E. Charles Edwards, an engineer, and Isabel Hazz Edwards, a department store clerk. In her youth, she was a jou ...

(1977) *"Wages for Housework and Strategies of Revolutionary Fantasy",

(1977) *''Who really starves?: Women and world hunger'', Lisa Leghorn and Mary Roodkowsky (1977) *''

Women's Studies in Communication ''Women's Studies in Communication'' is a feminist journal. It was first published in 1977 and is the journal of the Organization for Research on Women and Communication. It is published by Taylor & Francis. From 2014 until 2017, Joan Faber McA ...

'' (1977–present) *"A Feminist Looks at Saudi Arabia",

(1978) *"Art Hysterical Notions of Progress and Culture",

Valerie Jaudon Valerie Jaudon (born August 6, 1945) is an American painter commonly associated with various Postminimal practices – the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s, site-specific public art, and new tendencies in abstraction. Life Valerie ...

and

Joyce Kozloff Joyce Kozloff (born 1942) is an American artist whose politically engaged work has been based on cartography since the early 1990s. Kozloff was one of the original members of the Pattern and Decoration movement and was an early artist in the 1970 ...

(1978) *''

Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism ''Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism'' is a 1978 anthology about socialist feminism edited by Zillah R. Eisenstein. The sociologist Rhonda F. Levine cites the work as a "superb discussion of the socialist-feminist positio ...

'', collection of essays anthologized by Zillah R. Eisenstein (1978) *"Consciousness-Raising: A Radical Weapon",

Kathie Sarachild Kathie Sarachild (born Kathie Amatniek in 1943) is an American writer and radical feminist. In 1968, she took the last name "Sarachild" after her mother Sara, coined the phrase "Sisterhood is Powerful" in a flier she wrote for the keynote speech s ...

(1978) *''

on Women and Revolution'', edited by Blanche Wiesen Cook (1978) *"Full Employment: Toward Economic Equality For Women", Joreen (1978) *''Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism'', Mary Daly (1978) *"On the

", Michele Wallace (1978) *"The New Woman's Broken Heart",

(1978) *"The Wander-ground",

(1978) *"Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power",

Audre Lorde Audre Lorde (; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," wh ...

(1978) *"Why So-called Radical Men Love and Need Pornography",

(1978) *"Why Women Need the Goddess", Carol P. Christ (1978) *"X: A Fabulous Child's Story", Lois Gould (1978) *"Classical and Baroque Sex in Everyday Life",

(1979) *"Let's Put Pornography Back in the Closet" from ''Newsday'',

(1979) *'' On Lies, Secrets and Silence'',

(1979) *''Sexual harassment of working women: a case of sex discrimination'',

Catharine MacKinnon Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born October 7, 1946) is an American radical feminist legal scholar, activist, and author. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, where she has been tenured since 1990, ...

(1979) *"The Double Standard of Aging",

Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. He ...

(1979) *"The Lie",

(1979) * ''

The Madwoman in the Attic ''The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination'' is a 1979 book by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, in which they examine Victorian literature from a feminist perspective. Gilbert and Gubar draw th ...

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Sandra Gilbert Sandra M. Gilbert (born December 27, 1936) is an American literary critic and poet who has published in the fields of feminist literary criticism, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic criticism. She is best known for her collaborative critical wor ...

and

Susan Gubar Susan D. Gubar (born November 30, 1944) is an American author and distinguished Professor Emerita of English and Women's Studies at Indiana University. She is best known for co-authoring the landmark feminist literary study '' The Madwoman in ...

(1979) *"The Night and Danger",

(1979) *'' The Transsexual Empire'',

Janice Raymond Janice G. Raymond (born January 24, 1943) is an American lesbian radical feminist and professor emerita of women's studies and medical ethics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is known for her work against violence, sexual explo ...

(1979) * "The Tyranny of Tyranny", Cathy Levine (1979) * ''Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her'',

Susan Griffin Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works. Life Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943 and has resided i ...

(1979) *''Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion'' edited by Carol P. Christ and

(1979) * ''Women and Household Labor'', Sarah Fenstermaker Berk, ed. (1979) *"35% of Puerto Rican Women Sterilized", Committee for Puerto Rican Decolonization (late 1970s)

1980s

*"A Woman Writer and Pornography",

(1980) *"

Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence" is a 1980 essay by Adrienne Rich, which was also published in her 1986 book ''Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985'' as a part of the radical feminism movement of the late '60s, '7 ...

(1980) *"What Would a Non-Sexist City Look Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work", Dolores Hayden *''The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing'', Casey Miller and Kate Swift (1980) *''The New Woman's Broken Heart: Short Stories'',

(1980) *"True Liberation of Women",

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 and was al ...

(1980) *"Women and Urban Policy", Joreen (1980) * '' Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism'',

bell hooks Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks, was an American author and social activist who was Distinguished Professor in Residence at Berea College. She is best known for her writings on ...

(1981) *"Nature's Revenge",

(1981) *"Pornography and Male Supremacy",

(1981) *'' Pornography: Men Possessing Women'',

(1981) *"Pornography's Part in Sexual Violence",

(1981) *"The ACLU: Bait and Switch",

(1981) *'' This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color'',

Cherrie Moraga Cherrie is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: *George Kruck Cherrie George Kruck Cherrie (August 22, 1865 – January 20, 1948) was an American naturalist and explorer. He collected numerous specimens on nea ...

and

Gloria Anzaldúa Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins ...

(1981) *"Toward A Feminist Jurisprudence", Ann C. Scales (1981) *"Why Pornography Matters to Feminists",

(1981) * '' Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis'' (1982) edited by Robin Ruth Linden, Darlene R. Pagano,

Diana E. H. Russell Diana E. H. Russell (6 November 1938 – 28 July 2020) was a feminist writer and activist. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, she moved to England in 1957, and then to the United States in 1961. For the past 45 years she was engag ...

, and Susan Leigh Star *''All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies'', edited by

Akasha Gloria Hull Akasha Gloria Hull (born December 6, 1944) is an American poet, educator, writer, and critic whose work in African-American literature and as a Black feminist activist has helped shape Women's Studies. As one of the architects of Black Women's S ...

Patricia Bell-Scott Patricia Bell-Scott is an American scholar of women's studies and black feminism. She is currently a professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. As an author, she has been widely coll ...

, and

Barbara Smith Barbara Smith (born November 16, 1946) is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in Black feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s, she has been active as a scholar, activist, critic, lecturer, a ...

(1982) *'' Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy'' (1982–present) *'' In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development'',

Carol Gilligan Carol Gilligan (; born November 28, 1936) is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist, best known for her work on ethical community and ethical relationships. Gilligan is a professor of Humanities and Applied Psychology at New York Uni ...

(1982) *''The Anatomy of Freedom'',

(1982) *''

The Color Purple ''The Color Purple'' is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

'',

(1982) *'' Zami: A New Spelling of My Name'',

(1982) *'' Home Girls'', various authors (1983) * ''

How to Suppress Women's Writing ''How to Suppress Women's Writing'' is a book by Joanna Russ, published in 1983. Written in the style of a sarcastic and irreverent guidebook, it explains how women are prevented from producing written works, not given credit when such works are pr ...

'',

(1983) *'' In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose'', a collection of works by

(1983) * ''Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions'',

(1983) * '' Right Wing Women: The Politics of Domesticated Females'',

(1983) * ''Sexism and God-Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology'',

Rosemary Radford Ruether Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936–2022) was an American feminist scholar and Roman Catholic theologian known for her significant contributions to the fields of feminist theology and ecofeminist theology. Her teaching and her writings helped est ...

(1983) * '' The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory'',

Marilyn Frye Marilyn Frye (born 1941) is an American philosopher and radical feminist theorist. She is known for her theories on sexism, racism, oppression, and sexuality. Her writings offer discussions of feminist topics, such as: white supremacy, male pri ...

(1983) * "Whose Press? Whose Freedom?",

(1983) * "Comparable Worth" from ''In These Times'', Joreen (1984) * "Female Rabbis, Male Fears", Chaim Sedler-Feller (1984) * '' Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center'',

(1984) * "I Want a Twenty-Four-Hour Truce During Which There is No Rape",

(1984) * ''Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy'', Mary Daly (1984) * ''

Sister Outsider ''Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches'' is a collection of essential essays and speeches written by Audre Lorde, a writer who focuses on the particulars of her identity: Black woman, lesbian, poet, activist, cancer survivor, mother, and feminist ...

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(1984) *"The Missing Rib: The Forgotten Place of Queens and Priestesses in the Establishment of Zion", Margaret Toscano (1984) *"Against the Male Flood: Censorship, Pornography and Equality",

(1985) *"A Person Paper on Purity in Language", William Satire (pen name of Douglas Richard Hofstadter) (1985) * ''Beyond Power: On Women, Men, and Morals'',

(1985) * "Breaking With Invisibility", Cady (1985) * "Loving Books: Male/Female/Feminist" from ''Hot Wire'',

(1985) * ''Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans and Perverts: Feminist Essays'',

(1985) * ''The Reasons Why: Essays on the New Civil Rights Law Recognizing Pornography as Sex Discrimination'',

and

(1985) * ''Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Select Prose (1979-1985)'',

(1986) * ''Feminist Studies, Critical Studies'',

Teresa de Lauretis Teresa de Lauretis (; born 1938 in Bologna) is an Italian author and Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her areas of interest include semiotics, psychoanalysis, film theory ...

(1986) *"Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis",

Joan Wallach Scott Joan Wallach Scott (born December 18, 1941) is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history. She is a professor emerita in the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Scott i ...

(1986) *''Ice and Fire'',

(1986) *"If Men Could Menstruate" from ''Ms.'',

(1986) *"Letter from a War Zone",

(1986) *''Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody'',

(1986) * '' Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza'',

(1987) * ''Feminism unmodified: discourses on life and law'',

(1987) * '' Intercourse'',

(1987) *'' Landscape for a Good Woman'', Carolyn Kay Steedman (1987) *'' Reconstructing Womanhood'',

Hazel Carby Hazel Vivian Carby (born 15 January 1948 in Okehampton, Devon) is Professor Emerita of African American Studies and of American Studies. She served as Charles C & Dorathea S Dilley Professor of African American Studies & American Studies at Yal ...

(1987) *"Voyage in the Dark: Hers and Ours",

(1987) *''Websters' First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language, Conjured in Cahoots with Jane Caputi'', Mary Daly, Jane Caputi, and Sudie Rakusin (1987) *"Who You Know Versus Who You Represent: Feminist Influence in the Democratic and Republican Parties", Joreen (1987) *Feminist Activities at the 1988 Republican Convention, Joreen (1988) *'' Feminist Formations'' (1988–present) *"Handle With Care: We Need a Child-Rearing Movement",

(1988) * ''Lesbian Ethics: Toward New Value'',

Sarah Lucia Hoagland Sarah Lucia Hoagland (born 4 June 1945 in Denver, Colorado) is the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Biography She authored ' ...

(1988) *''Pornography and Civil Rights: A New Day for Women's Equality'',

and

(1988) *"Social Revolution and the Equal Rights Amendment", Joreen (1988) *'' The Heidi Chronicles'',

Wendy Wasserstein Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 ...

(1988) *"Women at the 1988 Democratic Convention", Joreen (1988) * '' Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics'',

Cynthia Enloe Cynthia Holden Enloe (born July 16, 1938) is a feminist writer, theorist, and professor. She is best known for her work on gender and militarism and for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations. She has also had major i ...

(1989) * '' Dancing at the Edge of the World'', a collection of essays by

Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...

(1989) * '' Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies'' (1989–present) * '' Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Thinking Gender)'',

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler b ...

(1989) * ''Letters from a war zone: writings, 1976-1989'',

(1989) *"Men, Women and Biblical Equality",

Christians for Biblical Equality Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE) is an organization that promotes Christian egalitarianism also known as Christian egalitarianism, evangelical feminism and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CBE's Mission Statement reads: "CBE ...

(1989) * "Presenting...Sister No Blues",

Hattie Gossett Hattie Gossett (born 11 April 1942) is an African-American feminist playwright, poet, and magazine editor. Her work focuses on bolstering the self-esteem of young black women. Biography Born in New Jersey, Gossett gained a Master of Fine Arts ...

(1989) * "Sexuality, pornography, and method: 'Pleasure under Patriarchy'",

(1989) *''The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home'',

Arlie Russell Hochschild Arlie Russell Hochschild (; born January 15, 1940) is an American professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and writer. Hochschild has long focused on the human emotions that underlie moral beliefs, practices, a ...

and Anne Machung (1989) * '' The Temple of My Familiar'',

(1989) * '' Toward a Feminist Theory of the State'',

(1989) * "What Battery Really Is",

(1989) * ''Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality'', edited by Carol P. Christ and

(1989) * "Women, Sex, & Rock ’n’ Roll", Terri Sutton (1989)

1990s

*"What is

Riot Grrrl Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States in Olympia, Washington and the greater Pacific Northwest and has expanded to at least 26 other countries. Riot grrrl is a subcul ...

?" (early 1990s) *'' Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment'',

Patricia Hill Collins Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender. She is a distinguished university professor of sociology emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also the former head of ...

(1990) *"Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975",

Alice Echols Alice Echols is Professor of History, and the Barbra Streisand Chair of Contemporary Gender Studies at the University of Southern California. Retrieved March 17, 2013 Education Echols received her bachelor's degree from Macalester College, Minne ...

(1990) *"God Is a Woman and She Is Growing Older", Margaret Wenig (1990) *'' Journal of Women, Politics & Policy'' (1990–present) *''Mercy'',

(1990) *''The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory'', Carol J. Adams (1990) *"Who Says We Haven't Made a Revolution? A Feminist Takes Stock",

(1990) *"Will There Be Orthodox Women Rabbis?",

(1990)
A Brief History of the Association for Women in Mathematics: The Presidents' Perspectives

Lenore Blum Lenore Carol Blum (née Epstein, born December 18, 1942) is an American computer scientist and mathematician who has made pioneering contributions to the theories of real number computation, cryptography, and pseudorandom number generation. She ...

(1991) *"A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century",

Donna Haraway Donna J. Haraway is an American Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department and Feminist Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology studies. S ...

(1991) *'' Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women'',

Susan Faludi Susan Charlotte Faludi (; born April 18, 1959) is an American feminist, journalist, and author. She won a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1991, for a report on the leveraged buyout of Safeway Stores, Inc., a report that the Pulitze ...

(1991) *'' Feminism & Psychology'' (1991–present) *"How "Sex" Got Into Title VII: Persistent Opportunism as a Maker of Public Policy", Joreen (1991) *"Justice Is A Woman With A Sword", D. A. Clarke (1991) *"Riot Grrrl Manifesto" from Bikini Kill Zine 2,

Kathleen Hanna Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band B ...

(1991) *''Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective'',

(1991) *"Terror, Torture, and Resistance",

(1991) *''

The Beauty Myth ''The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women'' is a nonfiction book by Naomi Wolf, originally published in 1990 by Chatto & Windus in the UK and William Morrow & Co (1991) in the United States. It was republished in 2002 by Harpe ...

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Naomi Wolf Naomi Rebekah Wolf (born November 12, 1962) is an American feminist author, journalist and conspiracy theorist. Following her first book ''The Beauty Myth'' (1991), she became a leading spokeswoman of what has been described as the third wave ...

(1991) *"The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles", Emily Martin (1991) *"We Learned the Wrong Lessons in Vietnam; A Feminist Issue Still",

, and

(1991) *"With No Immediate Cause", Ntozake Shange (1991) *'' Writing War: Fiction, Gender & Memory'', Lynne Hanley (1991) *"Becoming the Third Wave",

Rebecca Walker Rebecca Walker (born November 17, 1969, as Rebecca Leventhal) is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publis ...

(1992) *''Outercourse: The Bedazzling Voyage, Containing Recollections from My Logbook of a Radical Feminist Philosopher'', Mary Daly (1992) *''

Possessing the Secret of Joy ''Possessing the Secret of Joy'' is a 1992 novel by Alice Walker. Plot summary It tells the story of Tashi, an African woman and a minor character in Walker's earlier novel ''The Color Purple''. Now in the US she comes from Olinka, Alice Walker ...

'',

(1992) *"Power, Resistance and Science", Naomi Weisstein (1992) *"Prostitution and Male Supremacy",

(1992) * ''Race, Class and Gender in the U.S.'', Paula Rothenberg (1992) *" Replacements",

Lisa Tuttle Lisa Gracia Tuttle (born September 16, 1952) is an American-born science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. She has published more than a dozen novels, seven short story collections, and several non-fiction titles, including a reference book o ...

(1992) * ''Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteem'',

(1992) *"Talking Our Way In",

(1992) * ''The Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Opposite Sex, or the Inferior Sex'',

Carol Tavris Carol Anne Tavris (born September 17, 1944) is an American social psychologist and feminist. She has devoted her career to writing and lecturing about the contributions of psychological science to the beliefs and practices that guide people's l ...

(1992) *''The War Against Women'',

(1992) *"Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism", Maxine Hanks (ed.) (1992) *''Women Who Run With the Wolves : Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype'', Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1992) *"Are Opinions Male?",

(1993) *"A Soldier Is A Soldier", Rosemary Bryant Mariner (1993) *''Ecofeminism and the Sacred'', Carol J. Adams (1993) *"Ecofeminism: Toward Global Justice and Planetary Health",

Greta Gaard Greta Gaard is an ecofeminist writer, scholar, activist, and documentary filmmaker. Gaard's academic work in the realms of ecocriticism and ecocomposition is widely cited by scholars in the disciplines of composition and literary criticism. Her t ...

and Lori Gruen (1993) *"Feminism Versus Family Values: Women at the 1992 Democratic and Republican Conventions", Joreen (1993) *''Fire With Fire: The New Female Power And How It Will Change the 21st Century'',

(1993) *"In Your Blood, Live: Re-visions of a Theology of Purity",

(1993) *"Not Just Bad Sex",

Katha Pollitt Katha Pollitt (born October 14, 1949) is an American poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues from a left-leaning perspective, including abo ...

(1993) *'' Only Words'',

(1993) *''The Feminist Chronicles'' (1993),

Toni Carabillo Toni Carabillo (March 26, 1926 – October 28, 1997) was an American feminist, graphic designer, and historian. She was born Virginia Ann Carabillo on March 26, 1926, in Jackson Heights, Queens. She graduated from Middlebury College in 1948 an ...

, June Csida,

Judith Meuli Judith Meuli (January 15, 1938 – December 14, 2007) was an American feminist, activist and scientist. Early life and education Judith Meuli was born in 1938 to parents Isabel Meuli (''née'' Dresel) and Earle Meuli in Chippewa Falls, Wis ...

*''Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body'',

Susan Bordo Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

(1993) *'' Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings'', Miriam Schneir (1994) *''Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing'',

(1994) *''Gender Outlaw'',

Kate Bornstein Katherine Vandam Bornstein (born March 15, 1948) is an American author, playwright, performance artist, actor, and gender theorist. In 1986, Bornstein started identifiying as gender non-conforming and has stated "I don't call myself a woman, ''an ...

(1994) *''Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals'', Carol J. Adams (1994) *''

Nine Parts of Desire ''Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women'' (1994) is a non-fiction book by Australian journalist Geraldine Brooks (writer), Geraldine Brooks, based on her experiences among Muslim women of the Middle East. It was an internationa ...

'', Geraldine Brooks (1994) *''Religion, Feminism, and Freedom of Conscience'', George D. Smith (ed.) (1994) *'' Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature'',

Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of aw ...

(1994) *"Suffragette City: The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band", Ben Kim (1994) *''The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to 1870'',

Gerda Lerner Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenp ...

(1994) *"The Unremembered: Searching for Women at the Holocaust Memorial Museum",

(1994) *"Why Women Need Freedom From Religion", Annie Laurie Gaylor (1994) *''From Suffrage to Women's Liberation: Feminism in Twentieth Century America'', Joreen (1995) *"From the Back Alleys to the Supreme Court and Beyond",

Dorothy Fadiman Dorothy Fadiman (born June 3, 1939 in Pennsylvania) is an American documentary filmmaker, director, and producer. Early life Fadiman was raised in Pennsylvania. Education Fadiman attended University of Pittsburgh and Penn State, and receiv ...

(1995) *''Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation'', Barbara Findlen, ed. (1995) *''Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma,''

Ana Castillo Ana Castillo (born June 15, 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator and independent scholar. Considered one of the leading voices in Chicana experience, Castillo is known for her experimen ...

(1995) *"Memoirs of a Feminist Therapist", Joan Saks Berman, Ph.D. (1995) *"On the Origins of the Women's Liberation Movement From a Strictly Personal Perspective", Joreen (1995) *"Plenary Address of the Fourth World Conference on Women",

Bella Abzug Bella Savitzky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, politician, social activist, and a leader in the women's movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steine ...

(1995) *"The Power of the Word: Culture, Censorship and Voice", Meredith Tax with Marjorie Agosin,

Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoo, ''née'' Christina Ama Aidoo (born 23 March 1942) is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. She was the Minister of Education under the Jerry Rawlings administration. In 2000, she established the Mbaasem Foundation t ...

Ritu Menon Ritu Menon is an Indian feminist, writer and publisher. Career In 1984, Menon co-founded Kali for Women, India's first exclusively feminist publishing house, along with Urvashi Butalia, her longtime collaborator. In 2003, ''Kali for Women'' shu ...

Ninotchka Rosca Ninotchka Rosca (born December 17, 1946, in the Philippines) is a Filipina feminist, author, journalist, and human rights activist. best known for her 1988 novel '' State of War'' and for her activism, especially during the Martial Law dictatorsh ...

, and Mariella Sala (1995) *"The Revolution for Women in Law and Public Policy", Joreen (1995) *"The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior", Nancy Henley and Joreen (1995) *'' To Be Real'',

, ed. (1995) *"(Untimely) Critiques for a Red Feminism", Teresa Ebert (1995) *''Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media'',

Susan J. Douglas Susan J. Douglas is an American feminist columnist, and cultural critic who writes about gender issues, media criticism and American politics. She has published five books on American history, and is currently Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor ...

(1994) *''Animals and women: Feminist theoretical explorations'', Carol J. Adams and

Josephine Donovan Josephine Donovan (born 1941) is an American scholar of comparative literature who is a professor emerita of English in the Department of English at the University of Maine, Orono. Her research and expertise has covered feminist theory, feminist ...

(1994) *''Making Stories, Making Selves: Feminist Reflections on the Holocaust'', R. Ruth Linden (1995) *"Women and Aids",

Donna Shalala Donna Edna Shalala ( ; born February 14, 1941) is an American politician and academic who served in the Carter and Clinton administrations, as well as in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. Shalala is a recipient of the Preside ...

(1995) *"Women and Health Security",

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...

(1995) *''Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought'', edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall (1995) *"A Good Rape",

(1996) *"Barred From the Bar - A History of Women and the Legal Profession", Hedda Garza (1996) *"Beijing Report: The Fourth World Conference on Women" from ''off our backs'', Joreen (1996) *"Days of Celebration and Resistance: The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band, 1970-1973", Naomi Weisstein (1996) *"Remarks to Wellesley College Class of 1996" (commencement speech),

Nora Ephron Nora Ephron ( ; May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Writers Guild of America Award and the Academy Award for ...

(1996) *"The Day I Was Drugged and Raped",

(1996) *''The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football: Sexism and the Culture of Sport'', Mariah Burton Nelson (1996) *''

The Vagina Monologues ''The Vagina Monologues'' is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run in at Westside Theatre. The play explores c ...

'',

Eve Ensler V, formerly Eve Ensler (; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''.

(1996) *"U.N. Reviews Women's Progress One Year After Beijing" from ''off our backs'', Joreen (1996) *"Waves of Feminism", Joreen (1996) *"We've Come a Long Way...?", Joreen (1996) *"Whatever Happened to Republican Feminists?", Joreen (1996) *"What's In a Name? Does It Matter How the Equal Rights Amendment is Worded?", Joreen (1996) *"Womb for Rent: Surrogate Motherhood and the Case of Baby M", Anita Silvers and Sterling Harwood, in Sterling Harwood, ed., ''Business as Ethical and Business as Usual'', pp. 190–193. (1996) *"Change and Continuity for Women at the 1996 Republican and Democratic Conventions", Joreen (1997) *''In harm's way: the pornography civil rights hearings'',

(1997) *''Life and death: unapologetic writings on the continuing war against women'',

(1997) *"Power, Resistance and Science: A Call for a Revitalized Feminist Psychology", Naomi Weisstein (1997) *"Remarks on Naomi Weisstein", Jesse Lemisch and Naomi Weisstein (1997) *"Selected Quotes From ''Women Without Superstition: No Gods - No Masters''", Annie Laurie Gaylor (ed.) (1997) *''The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses'', Oyeronke Oyewumi (1997) *'' Cunt: A Declaration of Independence'', Inga Muscio (1998) *"Dear Bill and Hillary",

(1998) *''Letters to a Young Feminist'',

(1998) *"Marxist Feminism / Materialist Feminism", Martha E. Gimenez (1998) *"Mother Wit",

(1998) *"Seneca Falls Anniversary Speech",

(1998) *''Sex and Social Justice'',

Martha Nussbaum Martha Craven Nussbaum (; born May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosop ...

(1998) *"She Said" from ''Calyx'',

Judith Arcana Judith Arcana is an American writer of poems, stories, essays and books. She was a teacher for forty years and her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies since the early 1980s. She has been an activist for reproductive justice since s ...

(1998) * ''The Economics of Gender'', Joyce P. Jacobson (1998) *''The Last Suffragist'', Ellen DuBois (1998) *"The Magnolia Street Commune", Vivian Rothstein (1998) *"The Religious War Against Women", Annie Laurie Gaylor (1998) *"Three Pieces About Abortion" from Calyx and Hurricane Alice,

(1998) *''Quintessence... Realizing the Archaic Future: A Radical Elemental Feminist Manifesto'', Mary Daly (1998) *"When Men Were Men",

(1998) *"Abortion and the Underground", Cheryl Terhor (1999) *"Ain't She Still a Woman?",

(1999) *"Are Women Human?",

(1999) *"Are You Listening, Hillary? President Rape Is Who He Is",

(1999) *"Chicago Was at Center of Feminist Activities", Angela Bonavoglia (1999) *" CWLU Work Groups and Personal Transformation", Sue Davenport, Paula Kamen, and the CWLU Herstory Committee (1999) *''Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire'', edited by

Sonia Shah Sonia Shah (born 1969 in New York City, United States) is an American investigative journalist and author of articles and books on corporate power, global health and human rights. Early life Shah was born in 1969 in New York City to Indian imm ...

(1999) *''Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics'',

(1999) *"Feminism, Moralism, and That Woman",

(1999) *"Founding and Sustaining a Women's Studies Program", Judith Kegan Gardiner (1999) *"Jo Freeman (also known as Joreen)", Jennifer Scanlon (1999) *"Monica and Barbara and Primal Concerns",

(1999) *"Our Gang of Four: Friendships and Women's Liberation", Amy Kesselman with

, Vivian Rothstein, and Naomi Weisstein (1999) *"Penis Passion",

(1999) *"Sex, Race, Religion, and Partisan Alignment", Joreen (1999) *"Sisters Against the System", Cara Jepson (1999) *'' Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man'',

(1999) *"The Chicago Women's Liberation Union: An Introduction", Margaret "Peg" Strobel and Sue Davenport (1999)The Chicago Women's Liberation Union: An Introduction
*"The China Project, the Prison Project and the Issues of Class and Race", Marie "Micki" Leaner, Paula Kamen and the CWLU Herstory Committee (1999) *"The Day I Was Drugged and Raped",

(1999) *"The Green Highway Theater Press Release oncerning the play Jane: Abortion and the Underground, Paula Kamen (1999) *"What Was the Chicago Women's Liberation Union?", Becky Kluchin (1999)

21st century

2000s

* ''Feminism Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics'',

(2000) * ''ManifestA : young women, feminism, and the future'',

Jennifer Baumgardner Jennifer Baumgardner (born 1970) is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and lecturer whose work explores abortion, sex, bisexuality, rape, single parenthood, and women's power. From 2013 to 2017, she served as the Executive Director/Publisher at The Fe ...

and

Amy Richards Amelia "Amy" Richards (born February 9, 1970) is an American activist, organizer, writer, television producer, feminist, and art historian, currently residing in New York. She graduated from Barnard College in 1992. Richards has appeared on Fox� ...

(2000) * '' Scapegoat: The Jews, Israel, and Women's Liberation'',

(2000) *"Shakespeare's Sonnets and the Mystique of the Sheikh", Annie Laurie Gaylor (2000) *"The Color of Violence Against Women",

Angela Davis Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, scholar, and author. She is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A feminist and a Marxist, Davis was a longtime member of ...

(2000) *''The Frailty Myth'', Colette Dowling (2000) *'' The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America'',

Ruth Rosen Ruth Rosen is a historian of gender and society, a journalist, and a Professor Emerita at University of California Davis. She is the editor of ''The Maimie Papers'', a New York Times Notable Book in 1978; the author of ''The Lost Sisterhood: Pros ...

(2000) *"As a Feminist, This "Jane" Was Far From Plain", Chris Lombardi and Ruth Surgal (2002) *"Feminist Judaism: Past and Future",

(2002) *''Heartbreak: the political memoir of a feminist militant'',

*"The Logic of Experience: Reflections on the Development of Sexual Harassment Law",

(2002) * ''Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self'', Susan J. Brison (2003) * ''Gender Talk: The Struggle for Equality in African American Communities'', by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Johnnetta B. Cole (2003) *"On Anniversary of Women's Suffrage, Equality Still Elusive", Annie Laurie Gaylor (2003) *''Sisterhood is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium'', edited by

(2003) *"The Feminist Ghost at the

Conservative Political Action Conference The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC; ) is an annual political conference attended by conservative activists and elected officials from across the United States and beyond. CPAC is hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU) ...

", Joreen (2003) *"Women's Peace Activism: Forward into the Past?", Joreen (2003) *''Not My Mother's Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism'', Astrid Henry (2004) *''The Pornography of Meat'', Carol J. Adams (2004) *'' Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism'',

(2005) * '' Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture'', Ariel Levy (2005) *''Integrating Ecofeminism Globalization and World Religions'',

(2005) *"Lust Horizons",

(2005) *''The Death of Feminism: What's Next in the Struggle for Women's Freedom'',

(2005) *''The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women'',

with Meredith Michaels (2005) *''Women's lives, men's laws'',

(2005) *''Amazon Grace: Re-Calling the Courage to Sin Big'', Mary Daly (2006) *''Are women human?: and other international dialogues'',

(2006) *''Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World'', Linda Hirshman (2006) *"Paradise Lost (Domestic Division)", Terry Martin Hekker (2006) *''Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters,''

Jessica Valenti Jessica Valenti (; born November 1, 1978) is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of five books: ''Full Frontal Feminism'' (2007), ''He's a Stud, ...

(2007) *''The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?'', Leslie Bennetts (2007) *''The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics: A Reader'', edited by Carol J. Adams and

(2007) *'' The Terror Dream'',

(2007) *''Whipping Girl'',

Julia Serano Julia Michelle Serano (; born 1967) is an American writer, musician, spoken-word performer, trans– bi activist, and biologist. She is known for her transfeminist books ''Whipping Girl'' (2007), ''Excluded'' (2013), and ''Outspoken'' (2016). ...

(2007) *"Women in Combat: Is the Current Policy Obsolete?" from ''Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy'',

Martha McSally Martha Elizabeth McSally (born March 22, 1966) is an American politician and former military pilot who served as a United States senator for Arizona from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the U.S. representative for ...

(2007) * "Men Explain Things to Me", Rebecca Solnit (2008) *''Yes Means Yes'', Jaclyn Friedman and

(2008) *"Women Are Never Front-Runners",

(2008) *''Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton'', Duchess Harris (2009) *''Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide'', Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (2009) *"Paycheck Feminism", Karen Kornbluh and Rachel Homer (2009) *''The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World,'' Michelle Goldberg (2009) *''The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women'',

(2009) *"The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty To Women", Jimmy Carter (2009)

2010s

*''Big Girls Don't Cry (book), Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women,'' Rebecca Traister (2010) *''Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists,'' Courtney E. Martin, J. Courtney Sullivan, eds. (2010) *''Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message that Feminism's Work Is Done'',

(2010) *''No Excuses (book), NO EXCUSES: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power'', Gloria Feldt (2010) *''Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV,'' Jennifer L. Pozner (2010) *''Cinderella Ate My Daughter'', Peggy Orenstein (2011) *''philoSOPHIA'' (2011–present) *''Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice'', edited by Lisa A. Kemmerer (2011) *''A Marriage Agreement and Other Essays: Four Decades of Feminist Writing'',

(2012) * "1% Feminism", Linda Burnham (2013) *''Men Explain Things to Me'', Rebecca Solnit (2014) *''Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology'', edited by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer (2015) *''Sex Object: A Memoir'',

(2016) *''Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman'', Lindy West (2016) *''The Geek Feminist Revolution'', Kameron Hurley (2016) * ''Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why'', Jude Doyle, then called Sady Doyle (2016) *''The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness'', Jill Filipovic (2017) * ''Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger'', by Rebecca Traister (2018) *''Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power'', Jude Doyle (2019) *''Know My Name: A Memoir'' by Chanel Miller (2019)

2020s

*"Why We BDSM Practitioners Should Be Feminists", Lisa Martin (2021) *"Why We Polyamorists Should Be Feminists", Lisa Martin (2021)"Why We Polyamorists Should Be Feminists"
''Kink~E Magazine''.

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