Title: 23 Ways Feminists Have Made the World Better for Women
Headings: 23 Ways Feminists Have Made the World Better for Women
23 Ways Feminists Have Made the World Better for Women
1. They quietly propelled the civil rights movement.
2. They made Americans get serious about gender discrimination.
3. They brought women out of the household — if they so chose.
4. They called out rape culture.
5. They used online feminism to give the marginalized a voice.
6. They pushed pop culture icons to join the fight.
7. They helped pass Title IX, opening new educational possibilities.
8. They took on campus sexual assault.
9. They put a human face to sexual harassment.
10. They fought legal discrimination in the nation's highest courts.
11. They stormed the Beltway's Boys Club.
12. They broke barriers for little girls with presidential aspirations.
13. They joined in the struggle for marriage equality.
14. They demonstrated why revolutions must include the female perspective.
15. They realized a balanced court is a happier court.
16. They forced Americans to recognize the importance of birth control.
17. They focused attention on domestic workers' rights.
18. They helped create the White House's Council on Women and Girls.
19. They worked to eradicate back-alley abortions.
20. They made the workplace a little more equal — for everyone.
21. They proved that the next big thing in science could be discovered by a woman.
22. They earned women the right to vote.
23. They argued that, "Women's rights are human rights."

Content: During the meeting, the attendees waxed poetic about the failures of the "project" known as feminism, spending hours decrying the perceived failures of the women's movement in America. But that's simply not true. It may seem like a bizarrely obvious statement, but somewhere between earning women the right to vote, pushing through legislation opening up universities to female students and advancing the civil rights movement (to name just a very few examples), feminism has indeed made life much, much better (and as a result, happier) — not just for American women, but American men as well. Far removed from the stereotypical and inaccurate image of the bra-burning activist, feminists have proven time and time again that women's rights are human rights. And as the Declaration of Independence so elegantly points out, the ideals of life and liberty are intrinsically tied up with that third pursuit: happiness. Yes, feminism has changed the world. And yes, it has made people happier. To argue otherwise, as the Heritage Foundation panelists attempted to do in Washington, is to show blatant disregard (or willful ignorance) for the historical record. It is also an argument that insults the legacies of centuries of badass feminists who have bravely fought, failed and ultimately prevailed in the ongoing struggle to empower the marginalized and elevate the disenfranchised.