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Feminism and Feminist Movements in America

An Encyclopedia of Ideals and Activism

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Feminism and Feminist Movements in America

An Encyclopedia of Ideals and Activism

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Offers deeply researched entries on nearly 200 essential people, events, organizations, laws, concepts, and issues that have defined US feminist movements, from the founding era through today.

US feminist movements are defined by persistence, bravery, and a steadfast belief in the fundamental worth of girls and women. These carefully curated entries delve thoughtfully into topics of significant public and scholarly interest in the realms of feminism, women's rights, and gender dynamics in both public and private spaces. Featured here are the activists and ideas that have challenged-and in many instances prevailed over-inequities in US society, from key figures such as Angela Davis and Betty Friedan to significant events such as the Women's March on Washington in 2017 and the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. America's feminist movements have fundamentally changed the lives of millions of people of every sex, gender, race, ethnicity, faith, and sexual orientation. This resource shows how feminist movements have also been integral in championing the many women who have made pioneering contributions in fields ranging from science and medicine to politics and advocacy. It also casts an unflinching light on the issues that women continue to face every day in fighting for equality in the home, workplace, classroom, and popular media in the 21st century.

Authored by feminist scholars, activists, and practitioners, this is an essential first stop for readers looking for a comprehensive introduction to US feminism's most relevant milestones and the concepts needed to contextualize its history and chart its future.

Table of Contents

List of Entries
Reading Guide
Preface
Editor's Introduction

A to Z Entries
Abortion
Affirmative Action
Anarchy
Anger
Anti-miscegenation Laws
Anzaldúa, Gloria
Asian American Feminist Collective
Backlash
Beauty
The Bechdel Test
Bethune, Mary McLeod
Biblical Complementarianism
Bioethics
Biopower
Black Arts Movement
Black Liberation Theology
#BlackLivesMatter
Bodily Autonomy
Body Positivity
Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)
Burke, Tarana
Butch
Butler, Judith
Butler, Octavia E.
Capitalism
Chisholm, Shirley
Choice
Civil Rights Act (1964)
Civil Rights Act: Title VII
Civil Rights Movement
Collins, Patricia Hill
Colonialism
Combahee River Collective
Consciousness Raising
Crenshaw, Kimberlé
Critical Race Theory
Cult of True Womanhood
Cyberfeminism
Cyborg Manifesto
Davis, Angela Y.
Decolonization
Deconstruction
Disability
Disciplinary Power
Divorce
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)
Domestic Labor
Drag
Dress Reform Movement
Dworkin, Andrea
Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972)
Emotional Labor
Enthusiastic Consent
Environmental Feminism
Equal Pay
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Essentialism
Eugenics
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA, 1993)
Fat
The Feminine Mystique
Feminist Killjoy
Feminist Methodologies
Feminist Pedagogy
Feminist Theology
Feministing.com
Feminization of Poverty
Femme
First Step Act (2018)
Friedan, Betty
Gaslighting
Gay, Roxane
Gender
Gender Discrimination
Gender Performance
Gender-neutral Language and Pronouns
Girl Power
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Guerrilla Girls
Haaland, Deb
Hashtag Activism
Hegemonic Masculinity
Hill, Anita
hooks, bell
Huerta, Dolores
Hyde Amendment
Intensive Mothering
Interlocking Oppression
Internalized Sexism
Intersectionality
Intersex
Intimate Partner Violence
Kinsey Institute
Kochiyama, Yuri
Kramer, Larry
Labor Activism
Lacks, Henrietta
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Lesbian Connection
Lesbian Continuum
Liberal Feminism
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009)
Lorde, Audre
Male Gaze
MANA: A National Latina Organization
Marxist Feminism
Matriliny
The May Test
Men's Rights Movements
Menstruation
Menstruation Activism
#MeToo
Military-industrial Complex
Mind/Body Split
Misogyny
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Morrison, Toni
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center
National Organization for Women
Neoliberalism
19th Amendment (1920)
Non-binary
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
Online Dating and the Burned Haystack Dating Method
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act (2003)
Patriarchy
The Personal is Political
Phallocentrism
Pink Tax
Popular Feminism
Post-racism
Postcolonial Feminism
Postfeminism
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)
Prison Abolition Movement
Prison-industrial Complex
Punk Feminism and the Riot Grrrl Manifesto
Purity Culture
Queer Theory
Racist Stereotypes
Racist Stereotypes of Arab and Muslim People
Racist Stereotypes of Asian People
Racist Stereotypes of Black People
Racist Stereotypes of Indigenous People
Racist Stereotypes of Jewish People
Racist Stereotypes of Latinx People
Radical Feminism
Rankin, Jeannette
Rape Culture
Rape Myths
The Redstockings and the Redstockings Manifesto
Religious Right
Reproductive Justice
Reproductive Labor
Right to Privacy
Roe v. Wade (1973)
#SayHerName
Schlafly, Phyllis
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Settler Colonialism
Sex Education
Sexual Objectification
Sexual Pleasure
Sexual Revolution
SisterSong
Socialism
Standpoint Theory
Stonewall Riots (1969)
Strategic Essentialism
Structural Oppression
Suffrage
Survivors' Bill of Rights Act (2016)
Temperance
Third World Women's Alliance and Black Woman's Manifesto
Title IX (1972)
Tokenism
Trans Theory
Trans-exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)
Transnational Feminism
Vagina Monologues
Violence Against Women Act (1994)
Virginity
White Privilege
White Supremacy
Whiteness as Property
Witches
Woman-Identified Woman Manifesto
Womanism
Women's Liberation Movement
Women's March on Washington (2017)

Editor's Afterword
About the Editor and Contributors
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 22 Jan 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 432
ISBN 9798216184416
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 20 bw
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Sarah Kornfield

Sarah J. Kornfield is an associate professor of co…

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