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1 online resource (582 pages) |
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Feminist crosscurrents |
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Feminist crosscurrents.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Toward a Theory of Women's Legal History; CHAPTER ONE The Masculinity of U.S. Constitutionalism; CHAPTER TWO Women and the American Revolution; CHAPTER THREE From British Subjects to U.S. Citizens; CHAPTER FOUR Constitutional Neglect, 1787-1872; CHAPTER FIVE Constitutional Discrimination, 1872-1908; CHAPTER SIX Constitutional Protection, 1908-1963; CHAPTER SEVEN Constitutional Equality, 1963-1990 |
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CHAPTER EIGHT The Limits of Liberal Legalism: Marriage, Divorce, Pregnancy, and AbortionCHAPTER NINE The Epitome of Liberal Legalism: The ERA and Pornography; CHAPTER TEN Beyond Liberal Legalism: From Equality to Equity; APPENDIX ONE: Married Women's Property Acts, 1800-1900; APPENDIX TWO: 1848 Declaration of Sentiments; APPENDIX THREE: 1876 Declaration of Rights; APPENDIX FOUR: Constitutional Amendments; APPENDIX FIVE: Summary of Federal Litigation and Congressional Legislation, 1963-1990; APPENDIX SIX: 1989 Declaration of Interdependence |
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APPENDIX SEVEN: Abortion in the United States since WebsterAPPENDIX EIGHT: On Sexual Harassment and the Silencing of Women; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
In this widely acclaimed landmark study, Joan Hoff illustrates how women remain second- class citizens under the current legal system and questions whether the continued pursuit of equality based on a one-size-fits-all vision of traditional individual rights is really what will most improve conditions for women in America as they prepare for the twenty-first century. Concluding that equality based on liberal male ideology is no longer an adequate framework for improving women's legal status, Hoff's highly original and incisive volume calls for a demystification of legal doctrine and a reinterp |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History
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LAW / Gender & the Law.
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Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814773260 |
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0814773265 |
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