Elinor Burkett

In the following viewpoint, Elinor Burkett argues that the goals of women’s liberation have been largely achieved. She contends that women’s opportunities in education and the workplace have increased dramatically since the 1960s. Burkett asserts that feminists need to celebrate this success and focus on the problems that do affect women, such as caring for children and aging parents. Burkett is the author of The Right Women: A Journey Through the Heart of Conservative America, the book from which this viewpoint is taken.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In the author’s view, who is the heroine to American women in the late 1990s?
2. How are antifeminist women actually living up to feminist ideals, according to Burkett?
3. Why can the feminist movement not be stolen, in Burkett’s...