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Women's studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. It often includes feminist theory, women's history and social history, women's literature , women's health, and the feminist and gender studies-influenced practice of most of the humanities and social sciences.
"Women's studies" was first conceived as an academic rubric apart from other departments in the 1960s, as the " second wave" of feminism gained political influence in the academy through student and faculty activismActivism in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. This action is in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial argument. In contemporary use,. In the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends many universities and colleges created departments and programs in women's studies, and professorships became available in the field which did not require the sponsorship of other departments.