"What's In A Name?: Analysis of "Feminist" Nancy F. Cott, William L. Oneill's 1969 "Everyone was brave"

In the Article "What's In A Name", the meaning and significance of the word feminist is discussed. Writers of activists of feminism are analyzed and quoted to explore a conclusion to the depth, meaning, and truth of the word "feminism". This article goes beyond the simple term to conclude through analysis that there in fact is no single definition for feminism, when the term is analyzed so fervently. In the article by Nancy F. Cott, …

…of "feminism" and instead discusses the broad schemes in which the term is placed in a timeline and events. Her conclusion claims that the term cannot be defined and rather is a definition to a word that the human race (not man, mind you) is yet to discover. Although, with such limited vocabulary and sluggish technology, it is wise during these simple times to conclude that feminism implies that a man and woman are equal.