In the article “The Enlightenment in Europe and the Americas”, the author mentioned the Enlightenment of society, civil right, individualism, feminism, humanity and nature, convention and authority and so on.  I would like to discuss feminism. Due to the awakening of feminine self-consciousness during the age of Enlightenment, women started fighting for their rights which contributed to the development of feminism. In the article, the author stated “If God had given all human beings reason, then women were just as entitled to develop and exercise their minds as their male counterparts.” In other words, women should be treated equality as men. The society should provide women the opportunities to education, to participate in government, to create arts and literature. In Enlightenment society, even though not all women understand that they need to fight for their rights, some individual women set a good example. In the article, the author mentioned that SorJuana lnes de la Cruz is an example who advocated the right of women to think and read. In addition, the women of upper classes also made significant contribution to the right of women. They created arts and literatures. Therefore, the Enlightenment had sprouted the feminism. Today, the feminism has developed. Women read, think and present their own idea in public; women receive same education with men in school; women also work for business field and political field. However, under some circumstances, women still are treated unfair. Therefore, women still need to strive for their rights.