"When I was young, I often felt desperate: so much pain in the world and so little I could do to alleviate it! But now I look back at my life and feel satisfied because few days went by without me at least trying to make a difference." From Isabel Allende's biography: http://isabelallende.com/ia/en/bioIsabel's official blog: http://blog.isabelallende.com/Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation on December 9, 1996 to pay homage to her daughter, Paula Frías Allende, who experienced a coma after complications of the disease porphyria led to her hospitalization. Paula was 28 years old when she died in 1992. The foundation is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected." http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org/TEDWomen was a conference in 2010 that asked how women and girls were changing the future. http://conferences.ted.com/TEDWomen/This is an interactive version of the Feminist Perspectives Scale, a measure of feminist and gender attitudes. The test consists of 60 statements that must be rated by how you view them on the scale: (1) disagree (2) slightly disagree (3) neutral (4) slightly agree (5) agree. Each item should be responded to quickly without over-thinking. The test should take most people not more than six minutes. http://personality-testing.info/tests/FPS.phpThe materials in this online archival collection document various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States and focus specifically on the radical origins of this movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Items range from radical theoretical writings to humourous plays to the minutes of an actual grassroots group. http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/wlm/Some incredibly early footage captured in London. This footage captured the Emancipation of Women. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/emancipation-of-women-1 Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important events of the 20th century - the rise of Feminism and the subsequent empowerment of women. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00545b0