Dec 20, 2009

Feminism | Feminism Has Expanded Women’s Choices

Elinor Burkett, author of The Right Women: A Journey Through the Heart of Conservative America, from which the subsequent viewpoint was excerpted, contends that feminism has dramatically expanded women’s choices and opportunities. As a direct result of the feminist movement, Burkett writes, large numbers of women are obtaining advanced degrees, working as high-powered executives, heading their own businesses, and serving in public office. Moreover, feminists have succeeded in dismantling laws that once prevented women from obtaining credit, divorce, control over their own...