What is feminism? There are many different interpretations of the word 'feminism'. However, most people agree that feminism is the theory that men and women should be equal politically, economically and socially. The feminist movement is a group of men and women who believe in feminism and are trying to eliminate the inequality between men and women. The one idea that unites all feminists is the belief that women, as a group, experience unequal treatment in society. Feminists try to discover the causes of inequality; many attempt to identify problems and orchestrate changes in the oppressive structures and institutions within their societies. Since the ratification of the nineteenth amendment, our society has changed completely especially for women. Since the 1920s our society has seen many changes for women such as the importance of higher education, namely college, a huge increase in working-class women, a media that caters to

These women and their achievements helped to stimulate the women's movement and the powerful women of the late twentieth century have helped to keep a dying feminist movement alive.

Another female ruler, Elizabeth I was the most successful monarch ever to sit on the English throne. Her reign, known in English history as the Elizabethan period, was an era of great accomplishment in England. She transformed the poverty-stricken England into a great military power.

Women have been oppressed for as long as history. This oppression is a very similar tragedy to the oppression that occurs daily towards all kinds of minority groups, but women are not a minority group. There are actually more women on Earth than there are men. Feminism is not a very old concept. For most of history women have been viewed as the lesser sex and did not argue this point. However, there have been some very powerful and influential women in history. Cleopatra the powerful but ill-fated queen of Egypt came to rule with her brother at age 17 and alone at age 20.

A concluding point, which is very powerful, is that women are not a

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