This article reports on an investigation of the nature and extent of the
interaction of feminism with social work education. The study tested
two hypotheses: that social work educators' views of problems that
affect women vary by the degree and by the type of their feminist
identification. Although the findings supported both hypotheses, differences were not evident for all problems. Therefore, the findings
provide a basis for a discussion of the problems that differentiate
feminists from nonfeminists and liberal, socialist, and radical femi
nists from each other. Implications for social work education and issues
for further research are identified.
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