This is a list of important contributions to the literature of feminism, listed by year of first publication. Feminism is a diverse, competing, and often opposing collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic inequalities. ...

15th century

• The Book of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pisan (ca. 1405)
• The Treasure of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pisan (ca. 1405)
• ''The Tale of Joan of Arc, Christine de Pisan (1429)

In The Book of the City of Ladies (1405), the early feminist Christine de Pizan attacks male misogyny and exalts the role of women in society. ... Christine de Pizan, showing the interior of an apartment at the end of the 14th or commencement of the 15th century Christine de Pizan (circa 1365 - circa French poet and arguably the first female author in Europe to make a living from being a writer (Marie de France being the... Joan of Arc, c. ...

1792

• A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft. ... Mary Wollstonecraft; stipple engraving by James Heath, ca. ...

1861

• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is book that was published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, using the nom de plume Linda Brent. It is considered a work of feminist literature. ... Harriet Jacobs was an American author. ...

1886

• Cathy the Caryatid (Polish: Kaśka Kariatyda), novel by Gabriela Zapolska.

Gabriela Zapolska: pseudonym of the Polish novelist and actress Maria G. Śnieżko-Błocka (born March 30, 1857, in Podhajce, Austrian Galicia, now Pidhaytsi, Ukraine - died December 17, 1921, in Lwów, Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine). ...

1883

• Augusta Bender (Smith College located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is today the largest women's college in the United States, 1891):
  • Die Frauenfrage in Deutschland 1883 - Gesammelte Werke. Odenwälder, Buchen. ca. 360 S. ISBN
  • Ein deutsches Mädchen in Amerika Novelle 1893 engl. / 1901 germ.

Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest womens college in the United States. ... Northampton, Massachusetts Main Street Northampton is a city located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in the USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 28,978. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 44th 10,555 mi²; 27,360 km² 183 mi; 295 km 113 mi; 182 km 13. ... In higher education, particularly in the United States, a womens college is a college (that is, a primarily undergraduate, bachelors degree-granting institution) whose students are exclusively women. ...

1938

• Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf, ISBN 0192834843

Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was a British author and feminist, who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was a British author who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist/feminist literary figures of the twentieth century. ...

1953

• The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir, ISBN 0679724516

The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe, 1949) is the best known work of Simone de Beauvoir and a seminal text in twentieth-century feminism. ... Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 – April 14, 1986) was a French author and philosopher. ...

1963

• The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan, ISBN 0393322572

The Feminine Mystique is a 1963 book written by Betty Friedan which attacked the popular notion that women during this time could only find fulfillment through childbearing and homemaking. ... Betty Friedan Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist, social activist and writer. ...

1970

• Sexual Politics, Kate Millett, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1970, ISBN 0252068890
• The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution Shulamith Firestone, 1970

Time magazine, August 31, 1970 Kate Millett (born September 14, 1934) is an American feminist writer and activist. ... Shulamith Firestone (1945, also called Shulie Firestone) was a founding member of the Chicago Womens Liberation Union in 1969, and was a member of Redstockings and the New York Radical Feminists. ...

1975

• The Female Imagination, Patricia Meyer Spacks, 1975

1976

• Literary Women, Ellen Moers, 1976

• Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman, Michele Wallace, ISBN 1859842968

• Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, Adrienne Rich, ISBN 0393312844

Michele Wallace is an African American feminist author. ... Adrienne Rich (born May 16, 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American feminist, poet, teacher, and writer. ...

1977

• A Literature of Their Own, Elaine Showalter, 1977

Elaine Showalter (1941- ) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues. ...

1979

• The Madwoman in the Attic, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, 1979
• The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter, 1979

The Bloody Chamber is an anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. ... Angela Carter (May 7, 1940-February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist works. ...

1989

• Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Thinking Gender), Judith Butler, ISBN 0415924995

Gender Trouble is a book by Judith Butler that is famous in queer theory. ... Judith Butler Judith Butler (b. ...

1992

• Backlash : The Undeclared War Against American Women, Susan Faludi, ISBN 0385425074

Susan Faludi is a feminist and author of two well-known books: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1992; ISBN 0385425074) Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man (1999) Backlash argued that the 1980s saw a backlash against feminism, especially due to the spread of negative stereotypes against career...

1997

• The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses, Oyeronke Oyewumi, University of Minnesota Press 1997

2004

• Not My Mother's Sister : Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism, Astrid Henry, ISBN 025321713X

Resources

• "Feminist Theory and Criticism." Accessed August 18, 2005.