In this book the authors explore the various forms of feminisms, tracing their history and their relation to gendered knowledge and identity.They give an overview of each of the forms of feminism. The authors then couple the philosophical and theoretical ideas of western feminisms with the aims and conduct of educational research, exploring how they interact and influence each other. Focusing on more recent feminists, both in education and related disciplines, the book highlights examples from research to form a basis of understanding how the different feminisms have changed education.