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Image: "Academic Feminists and the Women's Movement." Ain't I A Woman?, [April 1974]. Women's Studies Archive, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BBKZKJ044219460/WMNS?u=mag_u_muw&sid=WMNS&xid=9fb530ad.
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| Women Females Women – Biography Women social reformers Women and Literature Women scientists Women authors, American (may substitute other geographic region) Women’s Studies Women – study and teaching |
Women’s Rights Women – civil rights Women – legal status, laws, etc. Women – suffrage Feminism Feminism - United States (may substitute other geographic region) Feminist theory Feminism and higher education Feminism – cross-cultural studies |
Many thanks to Melanie Maksin and Kenya Flash at Yale University for their permission to reuse some of their content featured in Yale's Public Policy Subject Guide, and to Meredith Kahn at the University of Michigan for her permission to reuse content in her Women's Studies Research Guide.