1. Feminism Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies concerned with the liberation of women from subordination to men. In simple terms, feminism is a belief in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes, and a movement organized around the conviction that biological sex should not be the pre-determinant factor shaping a person's social identity or socio-political or economic rights. Feminists disagree over the sources of inequality, how to attain equality, and the extent to which gender and gender-based identities should be questioned and critiqued.

2. What are the social institutions that reinforce patriarchy? 1.Church/religion 2.Family 3.Business 4.Education 5.The State 6.The Global Political/Economic System

3. Great Feminists 1.Mary Wollstencraft: “A vindication of the rights of women” 1792 2. Sojourner Truth (c.1797– 1883) was the self- given name, from 1843, of Isabella Baumfree, an American abolitionist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York. Her best- known speech, which became known as Ain't I a Woman?, was delivered in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

4. Great Feminists cont… 3. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), English thinker and women's rights advocate 4. Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906), American suffragette 5. Emmeline & Sylvia Pankhurst (1858 – 1928) main founder of the British suffragette movement and daughter.

5. Great Feminists cont… 6. Harriet Tubman (c. 1822 –1913), also known as "Moses of Her People," was an African-American abolitionist. 7. Marie Stopes (1880 - 1958) was a Scottish author, campaigner for women’s rights and pioneer in the field of “family planning”. 8. Simone de Beauvoir: “The Second Sex” 1949

6. Great Feminists cont… 9. Betty Friedan: an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for her book “The Feminine Mystique” 1963 10. Germaine Greer: is an Australian-born writer, broadcaster and retired academic. “The Female Eunuch” 1970 11. Camille Paglia: an American social critic, intellectual, author and teacher. “Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson” 1990

7. Great Feminists cont… 12. Naomi Wolf: “The Beauty Myth” 1991 13. Irshad Manji: Canadian feminist Muslim, author, journalist, and activist. She calls herself a "Muslim refusenik". The New York Times has described her as "Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare". “The Trouble with Islam” 2004 14. Nora Vincent: “A Self-Made Man: Woman Goes Undercover to Experience Life as a man” 2006