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Gloria Steinem

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Key figure in the American feminist movement, established 'Ms. Magazine'.

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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

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Developed the concept of 'subaltern' in postcolonial literature, author of 'Can the Subaltern Speak?'.

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bell hooks

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Advocated for intersectional feminism, emphasizing the intersection of race, class, and gender.

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Audre Lorde

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Introduced the concept of 'the Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house'.

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Christine de Pizan

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One of the first women to earn a living as a writer, authored 'The Book of the City of Ladies'.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper', a critique of the patriarchal medical establishment.

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Judith Butler

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Developed the theory of gender performativity.

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Betty Friedan

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Author of 'The Feminine Mystique', criticized the idealization of domestic life for women.

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Carole Pateman

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Her work addresses democratic theory and feminist critiques of contract theory.

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Sylvia Walby

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Developed six overlapping structures that define patriarchy, contributed to feminist sociology.

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Hélène Cixous

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A leading figure in French feminist literary theory, introduced the concept of 'écriture féminine'.

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Elaine Showalter

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Pioneered gynocriticism, a framework for literary criticism that centers the female experience.

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Virginia Woolf

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Authored 'A Room of One's Own', discussing women's access to both literal and figurative space.

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Nancy Fraser

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Philosopher who critiques contemporary theories of recognition and promotes social justice.

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Donna Haraway

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Authored 'A Cyborg Manifesto', which challenges traditional boundaries between human and machine.

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Catharine MacKinnon

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Her work focuses on sexual harassment and the legal inequalities faced by women.

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Emma Goldman

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Anarchist known for her writing and speeches on anarchist philosophy, women’s rights, and social issues.

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Simone de Beauvoir

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Authored 'The Second Sex', introduced the concept of 'the other' in feminism.

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Kimberlé Crenshaw

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Coined the term 'intersectionality' to describe the overlapping systems of oppression.

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Shulamith Firestone

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Author of 'The Dialectic of Sex', she proposed a radical view of feminism that called for the abolition of biological family systems.

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Martha Nussbaum

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Philosopher whose work incorporates ethics, feminism, and political theory, developed the 'capabilities approach'.

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Luce Irigaray

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Philosopher and feminist who argues for 'feminine language' and criticizes male-dominated thinking.

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Rosalind Krauss

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Feminist art critic who expanded the discourse of art criticism to include women artists.

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Patricia Hill Collins

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Developed the concept of 'matrix of domination' in her work on intersectionality.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman', a foundational feminist text.

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Harriet Taylor Mill

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Collaborated with John Stuart Mill, contributed to 'The Subjection of Women'.

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Julia Kristeva

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Her work intersects literature, psychoanalysis, and philosophy, introducing the concept of 'intertextuality'.

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Angela Davis

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Activist and scholar known for her work on race, class, feminism, and the prison-industrial complex.

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