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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 point of view and that women are treated unjustly in these societies. Efforts to change this include fighting against gender stereotypes and establishing educational, professional, and interpersonal opportunities and outcomes for women that are equal to those for men.

Feminist movements have campaigned and continue to campaign for women's rights, including the right to vote, run for public office, work, earn equal pay, own property, receive education, enter contracts, have equal rights within marriage, and maternity leave. Feminists have also worked to ensure access to contraception, legal abortions, and social integration and to protect women and girls from rape, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. Changes in female dress standards and acceptable physical activities for females have often been part of feminist movements.

Some scholars consider feminist campaigns to be a main force behind major historical societal changes for women's rights, particularly in the West, where they are near-universally credited with achieving women's suffrage, gender-neutral language, reproductive rights for women (including access to contraceptives and abortion), and the right to enter into contracts and own property. Although feminist advocacy is, and has been, mainly focused on women's rights, some feminists argue for the inclusion of men's liberation within its aims, because they believe that men are also harmed by traditional gender roles. Feminist theory, which emerged from feminist movements, aims to understand the nature of gender inequality by examining women's social roles and lived experience; feminist theorists have developed theories in a variety of disciplines in order to respond to issues concerning gender.

Numerous feminist movements and ideologies have developed over the years and represent different viewpoints and aims. Traditionally, since the 19th century, first-wave liberal feminism that sought political and legal equality through reforms within a liberal democratic framework was contrasted with labour-based proletarian women's movements that over time developed into socialist and Marxist feminism based on class struggle theory. Since the 1960s, both of these traditions are also contrasted with radical feminism that arose from the radical wing of second-wave feminism and that calls for a radical reordering of society to eliminate male supremacy; together liberal, socialist and radical feminism are sometimes called the "Big Three" schools of feminist thought.

Since the late 20th century, many newer forms of feminisms have emerged. Some forms of feminism have been criticized for taking into account only white, middle class, college-educated, heterosexual, or cisgender perspectives. These criticisms have led to the creation of ethnically specific or multicultural forms of feminism, such as black feminism and intersectional feminism. Some feminists have argued that feminism often promotes misandry and the elevation of women's interests above men's, and criticize radical feminist positions as harmful to both men and women. (Full article...)

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Madlax is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2004 by the Bee Train animation studio. Kōichi Mashimo directed Madlax and the soundtrack was composed by Yuki Kajiura. The DVD version was released by ADV Films in North America and the United Kingdom and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. The story revolves around two young women who seemingly have little in common and do not know of the other's existence at the beginning, and later join forces to investigate a powerful crime syndicate. Madlax was produced as a spiritual successor to the studio's earlier project, Noir, and together with El Cazador de la Bruja, these series constitute a trilogy exploring the "girls-with-guns" genre. The production of Madlax began in 2002 but it wasn’t until Yōsuke Kuroda joined the project that the series took its final form. While the critics noted the resulting similarities between Noir and Madlax, they also acknowledged the differences, such as the latter's less episodic and more plot-driven style and, in particular contrast to the predominantly realistic Noir, incorporation of many supernatural elements, which the audience must often interpret without further explanation.

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Mary of Teck was the queen consort of King George V as well as the Empress of India. Before her accession, she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall and Princess of Wales. By birth, she was a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, with the style Her Serene Highness. To her family, she was informally known as May, after her birth month. Queen Mary was known for setting the tone of the British Royal Family, as a model of regal formality and propriety, especially during state occasions. She was the first Queen Consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Noted for superbly bejewelling herself for formal events, Queen Mary left a collection of jewels now considered priceless.

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2 August 1894 – Birth of Berta Lutz, a Brazilian scientist and feminist, who helped Brazilian women obtain the vote in 1934
9 August 1956 – National Women's Day commemorates the national march of women on this day to petition against legislation that required African persons to carry the "pass", special identification documents which curtailed their freedom of movement during the apartheid era.
18 August 1920 – Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, specifically intended to extend suffrage to women
25 August 1954 – The National Constituent Assembly of Colombia unanimously recognized the political rights of women and women voted for the first time on 1 December 1957
31 August 1919 – Birth of Amrita Pritam, the first prominent female Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, she received the Jnanpith Award, one of India's highest literary honors

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To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

— Suzanne Vega

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Hilda Doolittle, better known by the pen name H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist. She is best known for her association with the key early 20th century avant-garde Imagist group of poets, although her later writing represents a move away from the Imagist model and towards a distinctly feminine version of modernist poetry and prose. Doolittle was one of the leading figures in the bohemian culture of London in the early decades of the century. Her work is noted for its use of classical models and its exploration of the conflict between lesbian and heterosexual attraction and love that closely resembled her own life. Her later poetry also explores traditional epic themes, such as violence and war, from a feminist perspective. H.D. was the first woman to be granted the American Academy of Arts and Letters medal.

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... that attending the first Women in Print Conference inspired Carol Seajay to create Feminist Bookstore News?
... that Chava Shapiro published the first feminist manifesto in Hebrew, lamenting the absence of women's voices in the language's literature?

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...that Elsa Eschelsson, the first woman both to finish a doctorate in Law and to teach in a university in Sweden, was denied the right to serve even as acting professor because of her sex?
...that in March 2007, Agnes Devanadera (pictured) became the 41st and first woman Solicitor General of the Philippines?
...that Cecilia Krieger, who translated the work of Sierpiński into English, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics in Canada?

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The following are images from various feminism-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Elizabeth Cady Stanton (seated) and Susan B. Anthony (from History of feminism)
Image 2Nellie McClung (from History of feminism)
Image 3Yellow mimosa is the symbol of IWD in Ukraine and Italy (from International Women's Day)
Image 4First edition print of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (from History of feminism)
Image 5Wealthy Chinese women with bound feet (Beijing, 1900). Foot binding was a symbol of women's oppression during the reform movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. (from History of feminism)
Image 6Women's Liberation march in Washington, D.C., 1970 (from History of feminism)
Image 7Author and scholar Helen Kendrick Johnson opposed women's suffrage. (from History of feminism)
Image 8Sylvia Pankhurst (from History of feminism)
Image 9Clara Zetkin (left) and Rosa Luxemburg (right) in January 1910 (from International Women's Day)
Image 10Betty Friedan 1960 (from History of feminism)
Image 11Suffrage parade in New York, May 6, 1912 (from History of feminism)
Image 128M 2018 in Pamplona (from International Women's Day)
Image 138M 2020 in Spain (from International Women's Day)
Image 14John Neal (from History of feminism)
Image 15Bessie Rayner Parkes (from History of feminism)
Image 16Irena Krzywicka (from History of feminism)
Image 17The Nineteenth Amendment (from History of feminism)
Image 18Ida B. Wells (from History of feminism)
Image 19
  Official holiday
  Holiday for women
  Non-official holiday
(from International Women's Day)
Image 20Frances Cobbe (from History of feminism)
Image 21Matilda Joslyn Gage (from History of feminism)
Image 22German poster for International Women's Day, March 8, 1914. This poster was banned in the German Empire. (from International Women's Day)
Image 23Huda Shaarawi, founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union (from History of feminism)
Image 24Emily Davison (from History of feminism)
Image 25Camilla Collett (from History of feminism)
Image 26Women on the street celebrating International Women's Day in Cameroon (from International Women's Day)
Image 27Lucy Stone (from History of feminism)
Image 28Catharine MacKinnon (from History of feminism)
Image 29Florence Nightingale (from History of feminism)
Image 30Poster for Women's Day March in London, 1975 (from International Women's Day)
Image 31Christine de Pizan presents her book to Queen Isabeau of Bavaria. (from History of feminism)
Image 32Cover of WSPU's The Suffragette, April 25, 1913 (after Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, 1830) (from History of feminism)
Image 33Board of directors of "Jam'iat e nesvan e vatan-khah", a women's rights association in Tehran (1923–1933) (from History of feminism)
Image 34Margaret Sanger (from History of feminism)
Image 35bell hooks (from History of feminism)
Image 36British poster for Women's Day March 1974 (from International Women's Day)
Image 37Gloria Steinem at news conference, Women's Action Alliance, January 12, 1972 (from History of feminism)
Image 38Women's demonstration for bread and peace, Petrograd, Russia (from International Women's Day)
Image 398M 2019 in Spain (from International Women's Day)
Image 40Marie Stopes (from History of feminism)
Image 41Simone de Beauvoir (from History of feminism)

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Alice Park - Records of the National Woman's Party
Alice Paul (1915) by Harris & Ewing
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Bertha Lutz 1925
Cabinet Card of Sojourner Truth - Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Convicts Lunatics and Women! Have No Vote for Parliament, ca. 1907-1918
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Frances Benjamin Johnston, Self-Portrait (as "New Woman"), 1896
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Henry Mayer, The Awakening, 1915 Cornell CUL PJM 1176 01 - Restoration
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Hubertine Auclert 1910
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Joy Young Rogers outside the White House
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Mabel Vernon, c. 1917, by Edmonston, Washington, D.C.
Marguerite Durand 1910 - Restoration
Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration
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Sojourner Truth, 1870 (cropped, restored)
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