Feminism

Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. As a social movement, feminism largely focuses on limiting or eradicating gender inequality and promoting women's rights, interests, and issues in society.

Famous Feminists

• Lila Abu-Lughod - Anthropologist
• Rachel Adler - Jewish theologian
• Susan B. Anthony
• Gloria Anzaldúa - Poet
• Simone de Beauvoir - Philosopher
• Ruth Behar - Anthropologist
• Judith Butler - Philosopher
• Hélène Cisoux - Philosopher
• Mary Daly - Christian theologian
• Andrea Dworkin - Writer
• Jean Bethke Elshtain - Philosopher
• Marilyn French - Writer, author of Beyond Power, an extensive "history" of patriarchy
• Betty Friedan - Writer
• Diana Fuss - Professor of English
• Jane Gallop - Professor of English
• Sandra Gilbert - Professor of English
• Emma Goldman - Anarchist, writer
• Deborah Gordon - Anthropologist
• Germaine Greer - Writer
• Sandra Harding - Philosopher
• Donna Haraway - Anthropologist
• Susannah Heschel - Jewish theologian
• bell hooks -Writer and critic
• Luce Irigaray - Philosopher
• Maxine Hong Kingston - Novelist
• Biddy Martin - Professor of German studies
• Suzanne MacNevin - Writer/chemist
• Emily Martin - Anthropologist
• Kate Millett - Critic
• Chandra Talpade Mohanty - Sociologist
• Toril Moi - Professor of literature
• Henrietta Moore - Anthropologist
• Judith Newton Professor of English
• Emmeline Pankhurst
• Sylvia Pankhurst
• Judith Plaskow - Jewish theologian
• Janice Raymond - Writer
• Rayna Rapp Reiter - Anthropologist
• Audre Lorde - Poet, essayist, activist
• Andrienne Rich - Poet and essayist
• Gayle Rubin - Anthropologist
• Margaret Sanger
• Alice Schwarzer - Writer
• Joan Wallach Scott - Historian
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick - Professor of English
• Cindy Sherman - Artist/photographer
• Dorothy Smith - Sociologist
• Kiki Smith - Artist/sculptor
• Valerie Solanas - Author of the SCUM Manifesto
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - Professor of English
• Judith Stacey - Sociologist
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Carolyn Kay Steedman - Professor of Arts Education
• Gloria Steinem - Journalist and publisher
• T. Minh-ha Trinh - Writer, filmmaker, composer
• Sojourner Truth
• Alice Walker - Novelist
• Monique Wittig - Novelist and critic
• Virginia Woolf - Writer
• Mary Wollstonecraft - Writer
• Sylvia Yanagisako - Anthropologist
• Iris Marion Young - Philosopher