Like the civil rights movement, the successes of the women’s movement have bent the moral arc of the universe. That, however, is not the question here. Our focus is on what feminism’s effect has been on American party politics. And from the standpoint of what feminists and Democrats have wanted to achieve, the answer is decidedly mixed. Beginning in the 1970s, as Republicans wooed the religious Right, and continuing through the Donald Trump era, feminism has brought women into the Democra...
