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The Resource Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work, Gillian Thomas

Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work, Gillian Thomas

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The 1964 Civil Rights Act is best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, but it also revolutionized the lives of American women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But Congress gave little guidance about how much it wanted to change in a "Mad Men" world where women played mainly supporting roles. It was up to the Supreme Court, then, to endow that simple phrase with meaning, and its decisions set off seismic changes in how the nation sees working women -- women like Ida Phillips, denied an assembly line job because she had small children and was assumed to be unreliable; or Kim Rawlinson, who fought to be an Alabama prison guard because she believed that being 5'3" and 115 pounds didn't mean she couldn't do a "man's job"; or Mechelle Vinson, whose years of sexual abuse by her boss showed that sexual harassment is just as much a denial of equal opportunity as a lower paycheck; or Ann Hopkins, voted down for partnership at Price Waterhouse because the men in charge thought she needed "a course at charm school." But if there is much to celebrate in America today, where women are Supreme Court justices and presidential contenders, there is also a long way to go. Peggy Young, whose case was heard by the Supreme Court in December 2014, was forced onto unpaid leave while pregnant because UPS refused to accommodate a temporary lifting restriction imposed by her doctor. To understand this and other remaining obstacles to women's full equality on the job -- from "mommy tracking" to unequal pay to a sex-segregated workforce -- we need to know how we got here
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 291 pages
Contents
  • Women and children last: Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation (1971)
  • Breaking through the thin blue line: Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977)
  • Live long(er) and prosper: City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart (1978)
  • A hostile environment: Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson (1986)
  • "A floor, not a ceiling": California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra (1987)
  • Making "lady partner": Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989)
  • Potentially pregnant: International Union, United Auto Workers of America v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (1991)
  • Taking it all the way to "Sandra Fucking Day O'Connor": Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993)
  • Don't shoot the messenger: Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. White (2006)
  • "Everyone deserves a safe delivery": Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (2015)
Isbn
9781137280053
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Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work
Title
Because of sex
Title remainder
one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work
Statement of responsibility
Gillian Thomas
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
The 1964 Civil Rights Act is best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, but it also revolutionized the lives of American women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But Congress gave little guidance about how much it wanted to change in a "Mad Men" world where women played mainly supporting roles. It was up to the Supreme Court, then, to endow that simple phrase with meaning, and its decisions set off seismic changes in how the nation sees working women -- women like Ida Phillips, denied an assembly line job because she had small children and was assumed to be unreliable; or Kim Rawlinson, who fought to be an Alabama prison guard because she believed that being 5'3" and 115 pounds didn't mean she couldn't do a "man's job"; or Mechelle Vinson, whose years of sexual abuse by her boss showed that sexual harassment is just as much a denial of equal opportunity as a lower paycheck; or Ann Hopkins, voted down for partnership at Price Waterhouse because the men in charge thought she needed "a course at charm school." But if there is much to celebrate in America today, where women are Supreme Court justices and presidential contenders, there is also a long way to go. Peggy Young, whose case was heard by the Supreme Court in December 2014, was forced onto unpaid leave while pregnant because UPS refused to accommodate a temporary lifting restriction imposed by her doctor. To understand this and other remaining obstacles to women's full equality on the job -- from "mommy tracking" to unequal pay to a sex-segregated workforce -- we need to know how we got here
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Thomas, Gillian
Dewey number
344.7301/4133
Index
index present
LC call number
KF3467
LC item number
.T49 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • legal cases and notes
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  • Sex discrimination in employment
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Women's rights
  • LAW
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Sex discrimination in employment
  • Women's rights
  • United States
  • Discriminación sexual en el trabajo
  • Discriminación sexual contra la mujer
  • Mujeres
Label
Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work, Gillian Thomas
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-280) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Women and children last: Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation (1971) -- Breaking through the thin blue line: Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) -- Live long(er) and prosper: City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart (1978) -- A hostile environment: Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson (1986) -- "A floor, not a ceiling": California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra (1987) -- Making "lady partner": Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989) -- Potentially pregnant: International Union, United Auto Workers of America v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (1991) -- Taking it all the way to "Sandra Fucking Day O'Connor": Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993) -- Don't shoot the messenger: Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. White (2006) -- "Everyone deserves a safe delivery": Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (2015)
Control code
ocn919202361
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xi, 291 pages
Isbn
9781137280053
Lccn
2015033086
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40025814445
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o919202361
  • (OCoLC)919202361
Label
Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work, Gillian Thomas
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-280) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Women and children last: Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation (1971) -- Breaking through the thin blue line: Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) -- Live long(er) and prosper: City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart (1978) -- A hostile environment: Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson (1986) -- "A floor, not a ceiling": California Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Guerra (1987) -- Making "lady partner": Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (1989) -- Potentially pregnant: International Union, United Auto Workers of America v. Johnson Controls, Inc. (1991) -- Taking it all the way to "Sandra Fucking Day O'Connor": Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (1993) -- Don't shoot the messenger: Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company v. White (2006) -- "Everyone deserves a safe delivery": Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (2015)
Control code
ocn919202361
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xi, 291 pages
Isbn
9781137280053
Lccn
2015033086
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40025814445
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o919202361
  • (OCoLC)919202361

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