Portal talk:Feminism/Selected article

Suggestions

Articles

1. Catherine de' Medici's building projects - One way a Renaissance woman uses her power.
2. Girl Scouts of the USA - The informal education of girls.
3. Prostitution in the People's Republic of China - The problem of prostitution in China and the responses to it.
4. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters - Early educational work by Mary Wollstonecraft, an eighteenth-century feminist. July 23, 2007.
5. Equal Protection Clause - US Constitutional amendment that helps guarantee equality. April 15, 2006.
6. Roe v. Wade - Landmark US case allowing abortion. April 15, 2006.
7. Tahirih Justice Center - NGO that helps immigrant women fleeing gender-based violence and persecution. September 26, 2006.
8. Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches - Foundational text of Wicca and female goddess themes
9. Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark - Travelogue by Mary Wollstonecraft, an eighteenth-century feminist.
10. Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman - Novel by Mary Wollstonecraft, an eighteenth-century feminist.
11. Mary: A Fiction - Novel by Mary Wollstonecraft, an eighteenth-century feminist.
12. The Penelopiad - "Feminist" rewriting of the Penelope storyline from the Odyssey
13. The Well of Loneliness - 1928 lesbian novel
14. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - One of the earliest works of feminist philosophy
15. Baby Gender Mentor - "a controversial blood test designed to determine whether a pregnant woman is carrying a male or female child"
16. Same-sex marriage in Spain - legalization of same-sex marriage in Spain in 2005
17. Alpha Kappa Alpha - "the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African-American college women"
18. Menstrual cycle - self-evident
19. The Country Wife - sexually progressive 17th-century play by William Wycherley
20. Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India - guarantees human rights to citizens of India " irrespective of race, place of birth, religion, caste, creed or gender"
21. Fun Home - 20th-century graphic novel that "addresses themes of sexual orientation, gender roles, suicide and the role of literature in understanding oneself and one's family"
22. Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men - feminist historiography by Mary Shelley
23. But I'm a Cheerleader - "explore[s] the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity"
24. Madlax - "girls with guns" genre
25. Proserpine (play) - feminist retelling of Persephone myth by Mary Shelley

Biographies

This list tries to focus on biographies that reference feminism, women's rights, or gender issues in some way.

1. Barbara McClintock - Cytogeneticist, Nobel laureate, small section on being a woman in science
2. Marjory Stoneman Douglas - Environmentalist, supported the ERA
3. Aspasia - Classical woman about whom all information is, of course, quite fuzzy
4. Joan of Arc - 15th-century saint, small section on Joan as a female heroine
5. Mary Shelley - Early 19th-century British writer, author of Frankenstein
6. Mary Wollstonecraft - 18th-century feminist philosopher
7. Sarah Trimmer - 18th-century children's author and Sunday School promoter, small section on gender issues
8. Harriet Tubman - African-American who helped slaves escape during; advocated for women's suffrage during the 19th century
9. Ann Bannon - 20th-century novelist who wrote a series of important lesbian novels
10. Anna Laetitia Barbauld - 18th-century poet, children's author, and political essayist
11. Natalie Clifford Barney 20th-century lesbian writer
12. Zelda Fitzgerald - 20th-century American artist and writer
13. H.D. - 20th-century modernist poet
14. Emmy Noether - 20th-century mathematician (most important woman in mathematics), with small sections on being a woman in math
15. Rebecca Helferich Clarke - 20th-century composer and violist
16. The Supremes - Successful vocal group of the mid-20th century that helped change American music
17. Emma Goldman - Early 20th-century anarchist who wrote on a wide variety of issues, including prisons, atheism, freedom of speech, militarism, capitalism, marriage, free love, and homosexuality
18. Anne of Denmark - 16th-century patron of the arts
19. Anne of Great Britain - a late 17th-century, early 18th-century queen
20. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough - "one of the most influential women in British history", friend of Queen Anne
21. Elizabeth I of England - a strong 16th-century queen of Britain
22. Princess Helena of the United Kingdom - late 19th-century, early 20th-century British princess, nursing work
23. Mary II of England - 17th-century queen of England
24. Catherine de' Medici - strong Renaissance ruler
25. John Vanbrugh - 17th-century British dramatist who wrote progressive plays
26. Joseph Johnson (publisher) - 18th-century British publisher who promoted the works of women writers
27. Anna May Wong - the first Chinese American movie star and the first Asian American to become an international star
28. Bette Davis - 20th-century American film star
29. Diane Keaton - 20th-century American film star
30. Preity Zinta - 20th-century Indian film star who helped redefine women's roles in Bollywood
31. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll - late 19th-century, early 20th-century British princess, supporter of the feminist movement
32. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - 20th-century queen consort of Britain, part of Britain's moral resolve during WWII
33. Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery - 19th-century British philanthropist, concerned with public health and welfare of working-class Jewish women
34. Princess Alice of Battenberg - 20th-century British princess, helped Jews escape the Nazis
35. Margaret Fuller - one of the first American feminists
36. Emmeline Pankhurst -central force in British suffrage movement

Optional

These articles do not focus on feminist issues or women's issues, but may contain some information of interest.

Optional articles

1. Common scold - "a species of public nuisance-—a troublesome and angry woman who broke the public peace by habitually arguing and quarrelling with her neighbours" (not interpreted in a feminist way in the article)
2. Wonderbra - self-evident (no apparent feminist content)
3. Lessons for Children - contains a section on how the work is part of a female writing tradition
4. Some Thoughts Concerning Education - contains a section on how John Locke, a seventeenth-century philosopher, thought men and women should both be educated
5. African American literature - contains some material on female writers
6. Hamlet - contains a section on feminist interpretations of Hamlet
7. Make Way for Ducklings - contains one section on how Ducklings is "pre-feminist"
8. Original Stories from Real Life - contains one section on the progressive gender themes of the book
9. Oroonoko - contains some material on women in the novel
10. Restoration comedy - contains some material on progressive gender roles in this literature
11. Restoration literature - contains some material on progressive gender roles in this literature
12. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - contains one section on a feminist interpretations of Sir Gawain
13. To Kill a Mockingbird - contains some material on gender roles in the novel
14. Uncle Tom's Cabin - contains some material on conservative gender roles in this novel, but female novelist wrote one of the most influential books in US history (not sure if this is mentioned in article)
15. Mulholland Drive (film) - contains some material on gender and sexuality in this film

Optional biographies

1. Ima Hogg - Philanthropist, art collector
2. Ina Garten - Self-educated chef with a cooking show
3. Harriet Arbuthnot - Diarist who recorded the doings of the elite during the early 19th century
4. Anne Frank - Diarist who recorded Nazi persecution
5. Elizabeth Needham - 18th-century brother owner
6. Rosa Parks - US civil rights activitist
7. Samantha Smith - US schoolgirl who wrote a letter to Andropov
8. Mary Martha Sherwood - 19th-century British children's author
9. Augusta, Lady Gregory - Late 19th-century, early 20th-century Irish dramatist
10. Rachel Carson - 20th-century environmentalist
11. Emily Dickinson - 19th-century American poet
12. Georgette Heyer - 20th-century romance novelist
13. Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe - Wife of Edgar Allan Poe
14. Elaine Paige - 20th-century musical theater star
15. J. K. Rowling - 20th-century British children's author (2nd-richest woman)
16. Kate Bush - 20th-century female pop star
17. Gunnhild Mother of Kings - 10th-century Norse queen mother
18. Susianna Kentikian - 20th-century German boxer
19. Jenna Jameson - 20th-century star of the adult entertainment business
20. Helen Gandy - secretary to J. Edgar Hoover
21. Judy Garland - 20th-century American film star
22. Angelina Jolie - 20th-century American film star and humanitarian
23. Vivien Leigh - 20th-century British film star
24. Sharon Tate - 20th-century American actress who was murdered, led to victim's rights legislation