 The weaving together of feminism and pragmatism situates social and political issues in historical, geographic and relational contexts and particularly addresses systems of oppression that have marginalized the voices of women and people of color.  Biographical and theoretical approaches illuminate the connections between feminism and pragmatism as activist-orientated philosophies. These efforts are consistent with feminist methodology; they utilize personal experiences as well as theoretical work that focuses on embodied living in a social organism to address contemporary feminist social and political concerns.