Feminism

Today in women’s history: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” published

March 11, 2013 By Special to People’s World

The book, by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world's first science fiction novel.

Profile: The “Wilmar 8” made equal pay impossible to ignore

February 16, 2011 By Michael Kuchta

They never got what they wanted, but more than 30 years later people still remember them, and their goals and their impact still resonate.

Socialist feminist revival

August 12, 2009 By Reihana Mohideen

I just returned from a workshop on gender-based violence organised by the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Venezuela and the UNDP. Speakers at the workshop included Maria Leon, Minister of Women's Affairs and Nora Casteneda President...

Feminists urge confirmation of Solis

February 24, 2009 By Eleanor Smeal

The delay is over! The Feminist Majority is excited to announce that the Senate will be voting tomorrow on the nomination of Hilda Solis for Secretary of Labor.

World Social Forum: presidents for feminist socialism

February 2, 2009 By Mario Osava

BELÉM, Brazil, Jan 30 (IPS) - 'True socialism is feminist,' and is already being built, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, standing next to three other South American presidents, all of them men, at a dialogue that...