Linda Napikoski Journalist Education J.D., Hofstra University B.A., English and Print Journalism, University of Southern California Introduction J.D. with a concentration in international law from Hofstra UniversityAssistant editor for In the Red, a cultural arts magazine in ChinaActivist who has worked with non-profit organizations such as AIDS Action and Amnesty International Experience Linda Napikoski is a former writer for ThoughtCo who contributed articles on feminism, with a focus on the feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Napikoski also worked on human rights and women's rights issues with many non-profit organizations, including AIDS Action, Amnesty International, and Women's Action for New Directions. In her writing, she has examined women's literature, feminism, and the legal issues surrounding gender in academic settings and through "real world" activism. Her work in newspaper and radio journalism, covering the topics of government, business, and travel spans more than eight years. As an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, Napikoski studied everything from feminist poetry to wedding traditions in world religions. During law school, she participated in the Gender, Law & Policy Colloquium and worked as a research assistant to a professor who wrote innovative articles about the intersection of law, race, class, and gender. Education Napikoski earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) with a concentration in International Law from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in 2009. She also holds a Bachelor Arts (B.A.) degree with a focus on English and Print Journalism from the University of Southern California. ThoughtCo and Dotdash Meredith ThoughtCo, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is an award-winning reference site offering education content created by experts. ThoughtCo reaches 13 million readers each month. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines. Read more from Linda Napikoski Goals of the Feminist Movement Phyllis Schalfly's STOP ERA Campaign Against Women's Equality Socialist Feminism Definition and Comparisons What Is Sexism? Defining a Key Feminist Term Gloria Anzaldua Anna Arnold Hedgeman 6 Quotes from ‘Female Liberation as the Basis for Social Revolution’ Womanist: Definition and Examples What Is 'The Second Feminist Wave?' The 1969 Redstockings Abortion Speakout Feminist Literary Criticism Ladies' Home Journal Sit-In How Women Became Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act Patriarchal Society According to Feminism Oppression and Women's History Feminism and the Nuclear Family The Personal Is Political The Definition of the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification The Dagenham Women’s Strike of 1968 A Summary of Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman Feminist Consciousness-Raising Groups Shulamith Firestone Abortion on Demand: A Second Wave Feminist Demand Simone de Beauvoir and Second-Wave Feminism