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Rough Draft of Gender History Wikipedia Article Contribution
There is still a struggle for women’s and gender histories to be recognized by and incorporated into general United States history, but over the last 40 years both have made great strides in their recognition and incorporation. In recent history, women’s historians and scholars have made the differentiation between the terms “gender” and “sexuality.” Sex was determined to be the biological makeup of an individual, while gender was determined to be the chosen identity of an individual. The work of women’s historians regarding gender has helped to solidify the distinction between gender and sex.

With women’s studies and feminism as its basis, gender studies is now the newest and most advanced development in this area. While there is an undeniable connection between women’s studies and gender studies, there also is an important distinction to be made. Women’s studies is not reliant nor based upon gender, and gender studies is not merely a subset of women’s studies. The distinction between women’s and gender studies has proven to be more difficult to make compared to the distinction between sex and gender. This difficulty is in part because of a lack of a singular and overarching definition of what it means to be a woman.

While some historians are hesitant to accept the title of "women's historian," many have taken on the title willingly. Those who have accepted the title are placing a large emphasis on the study of the welfare state in relation to feminist history. Although this does not imply that the focus is on women's contributions to the creation of the welfare state, but rather the role that gender has played as an organizational factor of the state. The focus of feminist historians has also drifted to Democratic Party policy. But the most overarching work of feminist historians has been in the realm of policy, including pay-equity, which is apart of both social and political history.