"Being a Woman" is a synopsis of the combined struggles women have had to endure over time. A Historic overview in order to inform and update the women of today on how they gained the rights they have today. "Being a Woman" embodies the spirit of the genre of women's studies or feminist literature in that it is both personal and political, as the author foregrounds a brief history of the women's rights movement with her personal history, and underscores this digest of feminist history with a palpable human passion.