The 1980s were a period of intense activity for feminists.
Both feminists and gerontologists are concerned with groups that suffer from multiple inequalities.
Many types of feminisms and feminists mingled and overlapped during the course of the twentieth century.
In no century before the twentieth did women enjoy the public powers which nineteenth-century feminists sought - the full rights of citizenship.
The article examines the conceptual frameworks developed by feminists who argue for an ethics of care as a central analytic referent in social policy.
Many gerontologists, however, would be shocked to find themselves bracketed with feminists, and this is why conceptual frameworks are important.
Activists define themselves through their causes, as civil-rights workers, feminists, environmentalists, and the like.
Despite their scepticism of rights, few feminists believe they should be abandoned altogether.
