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In this article, I develop the concept of feminist civil society, that is, the idea that women's self-organizing to further their own empowerment constitutes a sort of counter-public of women that can influence the broader, male-dominated (and raced and classed) public sphere in which it is embedded. The development of feminist civil society, particularly the proliferation of feminist civic and political organizations, makes democratic policymaking processes more inclusive of women's voices and reflective of their perspectives. I apply this conceptualization in a study of feminist politics and democratic policymaking in the fifty United States. Using factor analysis, I discern three distinct dimensions of women's organizing: externally oriented (political and civic) organizing; internally oriented (cultural and self-development) organizing; and intra-state organizing. I examine the association of these different aspects of civil society …