Gwendolyn Mink is an award-winning political scientist and a feminist political leader whose work examines issues of inequality in the United States and centers on the gendered, racial, and class dimensions of public policy and labor. Situating her analysis within a comparative historical framework and relying heavily on the notion of basic human rights, Mink is critical of social policies that reinforce and perpetuate social hierarchies. Through her scholarship and political work, Mink advocates for social justice, calling for a transformation of American social welfare policies and an end to women's poverty.