Aimee Shouse

Women's Rights

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Produktbeschreibung

Taking a broad view of the ongoing efforts to attain rights for women, this work provides unique insight into the context of the issues and reveals the range of factors that can influence a particular policy decision. What constitutes "women's rights" depends on whom you ask-or who is in political office at the time. Understandably, women's rights have changed across time as perceptions of women and their roles have changed. What remains consistent regardless of the historic era is that rights assumed by men often must be specifically granted to women. This book presents an overview of women's rights that also addresses specific policy decisions. Within each policy entry, the author explains the factors that can influence a particular policy decision, such as the current American political culture, prevailing views of women as mothers and caretakers, perceptions of female/male relationships, systemic governmental influences, and conflicting opinions over the role of government in decisions related specifically to women's lives. The book's conclusion examines current issues, encouraging students to consider whether or not these rights will continue to evolve along with U.S. society and women's roles in it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 823g
• ISBN-13: 9781610691994
• ISBN-10: 1610691997
• Artikelnr.: 38136035

Autorenporträt

Aimee D. Shouse

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Introduction, CHAPTER 1: WOMEN AND WORK, The U.S. Supreme Court
Limits Women's Employment Rights, Supreme Court Ruling in Muller v. Oregon
1908 Women's Rights Advocates Lobby for a Women's Bureau, Testimony from
the Women's Bureau Hearings before the Joint Committees on Labor March 4,
1920 Kennedy Signs the Equal Pay Act, President John F. Kennedy's Remarks
upon Signing the Equal Pay Act June 10, 1963 Congress Debates Sex
Discrimination Provisions in the Civil Rights Act, Statements Supporting
and Opposing an Amendment to Prohibit Sexual Discrimination in Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 February 8, 1964 Johnson and Nondiscrimination
in Government Employment, Text of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive
Order 11246 September 24, 1965 Johnson Bans Sex Discrimination in Federal
Hiring Policies, Text of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order
11375 October 13, 1967 The U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Gender-Based
Fetal Protection Policies, Supreme Court Ruling in United Automobile
Workers v. Johnson Controls 1991 Anita Hill Testifies against Clarence
Thomas, Testimony at Senate Hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Clarence
Thomas October 11, 1991 Clinton Signs the Family and Medical Leave Act,
President Bill Clinton's Remarks upon Signing the Family and Medical Leave
Act February 5, 1993 CHAPTER 2: WOMEN AND EDUCATION The U.S. Supreme Court
Sanctions Sex Discrimination in American Society, Justice Joseph P.
Bradley's Concurrent Opinion in Bradwell v. State of Illinois 1872 A
Scholar Studies the Impact of Higher Education on Women, John Dewey's
"Education and the Health of Women" 1885 A Congresswoman's Statement on Sex
Discrimination in Colleges and Universities, Representative Edith Green's
Statement at House "Discrimination against Women" Subcommittee Hearings
June 17, 1970 The U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies the Reach of Title IX,
Supreme Court Ruling in Grove City College v. Bell 1984 The U.S. Supreme
Court Opens VMI to Women, Supreme Court Ruling in United States v. Virginia
et al. 1996 A Circuit Court Rules on Proportionality in Intercollegiate
Sports, Ninth Circuit Court Ruling in Neal v. Board of Trustees of
California State Universities 1999 CHAPTER 3: WOMEN AND POLITICS Early
Activists Issue a Call for Women's Rights, Seneca Falls Convention
"Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" July 19-20, 1848 Women's Rights
Leaders Champion Universal Voting Rights, Proceedings of the First
Anniversary of the American Equal Rights Association May 9-10, 1867 A
Congresswoman Expresses Support for a Federal Suffrage Amendment, Statement
of Representative Jeannette Rankin May 19, 1917 Gloria Steinem Speaks Out
for an Equal Rights Amendment, Hearings before a Senate Subcommittee on
Constitutional Amendments May 6, 1970 The U.S. Supreme Court Ends
Gender-Based Exemptions for Jury Duty, Supreme Court Ruling in Taylor v.
Louisiana 1975 Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court
, Testimony at Confirmation Hearing before the U.S. Senate's Committee on
the Judiciary September 9-11, 1981 "Honoring Geraldine Ferraro" Statements
of Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Carolyn McCarthy April 5, 2011
CHAPTER 4: WOMEN'S HEALTH AND REPRODUCTION Margaret Sanger Testifies on
Birth Control, Statement from U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Birth
Control Legislation May 1932 A Congressman Urges Action to Protect the
Health of Women and Children, Statement of Horace M. Towner at "Public
Protection of Maternity and Infancy" Hearings December 1920 The U.S.
Supreme Court Expands Contraceptive Rights on Privacy Grounds, Supreme
Court Ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut 1965 The U.S. Supreme Court
Legalizes Abortion, Supreme Court Ruling in Roe v. Wade 1973 Congressman
Hyde Calls for an End to Federal Funding for Abortions, Statement of U.S.
Representative Henry Hyde on the Hyde Amendment June 24, 1976 The U.S.
Supreme Court Upholds State Restrictions on Abortion Services, Supreme
Court Ruling in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services 1989 The U.S.
Supreme Court Upholds Additional State-Level Abortion Restrictions, Supreme
Court Ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey 1992 Debating the Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban Act of 2003, Statements of Representatives Steve Chabot and
Jerrold Nadler March 25, 2003 A Breast Cancer Survivor Urges Increased
Investment in Early Detection Programs, Actress Jill Eikenberry's Statement
at "Why Are We Losing the War on Breast Cancer?" Senate Hearings June 20,
1991 CHAPTER 5: WOMEN AND VIOLENCE A New York Appeals Court Strikes Down a
Marital Exemption for Rape, New York Court of Appeals Ruling in People v.
Liberta 1984 Senator Biden Urges Passage of the Violence Against Women Act
, Senator Joseph Biden's Statement to the House Subcommittee on Crime and
Criminal Justice February 6, 1992 Bipartisan Support for the Drug-Induced
Rape Prevention and Punishment Act, Statements of Representatives Bill
McCollum, Charles Schumer, and Sheila Jackson Lee September 25, 1996
Congress Passes the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, Excerpts from
Conference Report Testimony of Senators Sam Brownback and Paul Wellstone
October 11, 2000 Proposed Legislation to Address the Economic Impact of
Domestic Violence, Statements of Senators Patty Murray and Johnny Isakson
at "Too Much Too Long?" Senate Hearings April 17, 2007 CHAPTER 6: WOMEN'S
RIGHTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Critical Assessments of the Supreme Court's
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Decision, Statements of Representative George Miller
and Lilly Ledbetter at "Justice Denied?" House Hearings June 12, 2007
Obama Endorses the Paycheck Fairness Act, President Barack Obama's Remarks
on Wage Equality June 4, 2012 The White House Urges Passage of Equal Pay
Legislation, White House Fact Sheet on the Paycheck Fairness Act June 4,
2012 Obama Criticizes Senate Republicans for Filibustering the Paycheck
Fairness Act, President Barack Obama's Statement on Senate Action on
Paycheck Fairness Legislation June 5, 2012 The National Science Foundation
Revises Its Workplace Flexibility Policies, White House Press Release
September 26, 2011 Tributes to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Statements of Senators Tom Harkin and Bill Nelson January 29, 2013
Debating Contraceptive Coverage in the Affordable Care Act, Remarks of
Representatives Darrell Issa and Carolyn Maloney at Hearings of the House
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform February 16, 2012 A
Mississippi Ballot Initiative to Change the Definition of Personhood,
Voters' Guide to Arguments for and against Mississippi's Initiative No. 26
Summer 2011 Senator Leahy Urges Reauthorization of the Violence Against
Women Act, Statements of Senator Pat Leahy May 16 and December 20, 2012
Conclusion, Chronology, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, About the Author,