What defines a feminist document in a story or play?

I am a bit confused by your question, but I am going to
assume that you are asking what makes a work of literature a feminist text. Feminist
criticism can be used to analyze a number of different types of literature, from the
male dominated misogynistic texts (those written by men who write weak women who are
subjugated by stronger make figures) to female dominated texts that express the inner
strength of women, the external strength of women, and the ability of women to break
free from a legacy of subjugation.

Elements to conside
include the way the female characters are portrayed.

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Feminist criticism is concerned with "...the
ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the
economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women" (Tyson). This school
of theory looks at how aspects of our culture are inherently patriarchal (male
dominated) and "...this critique strives to expose the explicit and implicit misogyny in
male writing about women" (Richter 1346). This misogyny, Tyson reminds us, can extend
into diverse areas of our culture: "Perhaps the most chilling example...is found in the
world of modern medicine, where drugs prescribed for both sexes often have been tested
on male subjects only"
(83).

For a more detailed
look at feminist criticism,
see:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/11/

and

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/critical_define/crit_femin.html