Why We Must (Re)claim Feminist History  Do you consider yourself
a feminist? Perhaps you’ve done some research on feminism or
some feminist activism. Maybe you even went so far as to get a
university degree in Women’s Studies. I did. I graduated from
the University of Toronto with a major in Women’s Studies in
2008, and yet I do not have a working knowledge of feminist
history. This is wrong. Communication and storytelling is
essential to the development of any community, and the feminist
movement is no exception.   So who do you find "teaching"
feminist history on a campus like the University of Toronto? 
None other than Feminists for Life (a part of larger student
group Students for Life). This group, which calls itself "pro-
woman and pro-life," appropriates the history of the late 19th
century suffragette movement in order to further its sexist
agenda of criminalizing abortion and contraception.   In the
preface to Rebecca Walker’s 1995 book "To Be Real: Telling the
Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism