In the ideals of second wave feminist authors, Gloria Anzaldúa, Angela Davis, June Jordan, Audre Lorde and Bonnie Morris, redefined the purpose of feminism by defending the inextricable nature of gender and of sexuality. , and sexual identity. Another author who would coincide with this group would be Alice Walker. Walker, like many of these authors, emphasized the importance of including the entire being of an individual rather than allowing gender to be the sole factor in defining feminism. Alice Walker showed her passion for new elements of feminism through her life, her literary works, and through the history she created with her popular literary works. Like the five authors included in this group, Alice Walker was born on April 9, 1944, which corresponds to the second wave of feminism, somehow established itself in the literary world during the third wave. “While the first wave of feminism was generally propelled by white, middle-class women, the second phase attracted women of color and from developing countries, seeking sisterhood and solidarity.” In many of Walker's literary works, she includes vivid sexual and violent images that would make some cringe, but many of the stories allowed her to fully engage in changing the face of the emerging wave of feminism. Alice Walker influenced the second wave of feminism by creating something that could apply specifically to black women having an equal voice. a society run by men. Walker chooses the "womanist" theory of feminism because she feels it fits her particular situation better than feminism. Some charged that Walker's "brand of feminism concluded that feminist black women are superior in strength." ..... middle of paper ......lker, 110). Like Gloria Anzaldúa, Angela Davis, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Bonnie Morris, Alice Walker has written about issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual identity. The past that they endured as well as the different instances that inspired each of these authors. Alice Walker and her theory of “womanism” derive from the second and third waves of feminism, and when discussing gender she will always be creatively involved. Work Cited “Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth.” American Masters. PBS. Tuskegee. February 7, 2014. TelevisionDykes, Ashli, Scars of Oppression: Female Circumcision in Possessing theSecret of Joy by Alice Walker. Henderson State University, 2000.Print.Walker, Alice. Possess the secret of joy. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Walker, Alice. The color purple. London: Women's Press, 1992. Print.