Feminism as a Social Movement in Britain and the Contribution of Angela Carter Dr Shamenaz Bano, Associate Professor & Head, Deptt of Applied Sciences & Humanities, AIET, Allahabad, India, shamenaz@gmail.com Dr Shaista Maseeh, Assistant Professor, College of Humanities & Administration , Qassim Private Colleges, Al Qassim, KSA, gemshaista@gmail.com In simple terms, Feminism can be understood as the attempts of men and women, in action, speech or writing, directed towards achieving a better understanding of women’s issues and rights and endeavoring to bring them forward because they have been marginalized for so long. Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards define the goal of Feminism as: “. . . In reality Feminism wants you to be who you are—but with a political consciousness. And vice versa: you want to be feminist because you want to be exactly who you are.”(56) Ph illip Rice and Patricia Waugh elucidate: Like Marxism, feminism is also rooted in the political discourses of modernity, inheriting but also challenging its ideas of Sovereignty, Equality, Liberty and Rights and Rationality. Feminism begins as Enlightenment discourse founded in the Kantian idea of an autonomous and rational self who is free to choose; in the liberal concept of rights and ownership, and in the idea of citizenship and consensus in the social contract tradition of Hobbs, Rousseau and Locke. (143) Feminism was born in France in the 1880’s as ‘feminisme’ but the history of the subordination of women dates back to days very ancient. This subordination has been supported across cultures and history and religion has played a critical role in reinforcing it.