http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/emma-goldman Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:27:35 -0400 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:27:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1352/the-development-of-modern-feminist-thought-a-summary By Saarang Narayan - This paper looks to trace three broad themes in the scholarship of feminism: the conceptualization of women as a socio-political category, the various ideas of women’s oppression, and the idea of emancipation. In particular, the work of four influential scholars—Mary Wollstonecraft, Friedrich Engels, Emma Goldman and Simone de Beauvoir—is used to provide a brief summary of the subject and its development. Each provides foundational ideas in the scholarship of feminism, in addition to representing the shifting discourse in the two major waves of feminism in modern history. Excerpts... Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:20 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1352/the-development-of-modern-feminist-thought-a-summary