What Is Empowerment and How Can It Be Correlated Between Individualism?

Empowerment: to promote self-actualization or influence of.
Individualism: The concept that all values, rights, and duties originate in individuals.

I used these two words in correlation due to the fact that my English Literature class focuses on women studies. When I think of women and how we effect the environment that we live in the 2 words empowerment and Individualism comes to mind. For centuries women have been strong and multitasking all under the influence of maintaining themselves. Therefore, I figured why not combine these two words to feed off of one another when I'm posting about the various writing on my literature class, and that's how my title came about. Welcome and feel free to comment on anything that I post because any form of critism is always good for you!