What makes a feminist? Predictors and correlates of feminist social identity in college women

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 124-133

  Liss, Miriam ^b   O'Connor, Christy ^b   Morosky, Elena ^b   Crawford, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035373788     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-6402.00014     Document Type: Article

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