Feminism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the...care, contraception, and abortion, to equality in the workplace...representation. For the political aspects of feminism, see woman...and intellectually. Both law and theology had ordered...versus some protective legislation; various forms of protective...pressed for such changes as abortion rights, federally supported...court decision, legalizing abortion, energized an antiabortion...