Equality for women has been a cause for which even the earliest feminists advocated. Ancient philosopher Plato argued in the Republic that women possess “natural capacities” equal to men. Early American feminists like Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady...
I’ll be honest. I’m uncomfortable referring to myself as a feminist because that term has come to mean so many things in our culture, including a commitment to pro-choice policies and beliefs. But that’s not where feminism began. In fact, the...
