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The Resource Women's rights, Sharon Hartman Strom

Women's rights, Sharon Hartman Strom

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Summary
"Women's rights issues have been a part of the political and social fabric of the United States since the Declaration of Independence. In fact, women's rights activists have often wielded principles enunciated in the Declaration as they struggled to secure equality. This reference source examines 15 controversial issues concerning women's rights in the United States. A historical overview introduces each issue, followed by the presentation of primary documents that illustrate the various positions women and men have taken in support of or opposition to the issue at hand."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxii, 353 pages
Contents
  • Factory women's turnouts, women's independence, and the legacy of the American Revolution
  • Antislavery women, public speaking, and equal rights
  • The Seneca Falls Convention and the rise of the women's rights movement
  • The Fourteenth Amendment and the "New Departure"
  • Bradwell v. Illinois and Taylor v. Louisiana : women in the courtroom
  • Women's sexuality before World War I : rape, prostitution, and reform
  • The Atlanta laundresses' strike, self-help, and anti-lynching : African-American women's rights between emancipation and World War I
  • Muller v. Oregon, Adkins v. Children's Hospital, and drafting an equal rights amendment : the equality-difference debate
  • "The uprising of the 20,000" : working women, unions, and feminism
  • "Family limitation" : the politics of birth control and women's rights
  • "Votes for women" : the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment
  • Title VII, sexual harassment, and EEOC v. Sears and Roebuck : women's rights in the modern workplace
  • The right to privacy, abortion, and the debate over Roe v. Wade
  • "The personal is political" and its aftermath : addressing sexual liberation and sexual violence
  • Title IX and women in sport
Isbn
9780313311352
Instance
Label
Women's rights
Title
Women's rights
Statement of responsibility
Sharon Hartman Strom
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Women's rights issues have been a part of the political and social fabric of the United States since the Declaration of Independence. In fact, women's rights activists have often wielded principles enunciated in the Declaration as they struggled to secure equality. This reference source examines 15 controversial issues concerning women's rights in the United States. A historical overview introduces each issue, followed by the presentation of primary documents that illustrate the various positions women and men have taken in support of or opposition to the issue at hand."--Jacket
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Strom, Sharon Hartman
Dewey number
305.42/0973
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ1236.5.U6
LC item number
S77 2003
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Major issues in American history
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Women's rights
  • Women's rights
  • Women's rights
  • Femmes
  • Femmes
  • Women's rights
  • United States
  • Frauenbewegung
  • Gleichberechtigung
  • USA
  • Femmes
  • Frauenbewegung
  • Gleichberechtigung
  • USA
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Women's rights, Sharon Hartman Strom
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-339) and index
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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Contents
Factory women's turnouts, women's independence, and the legacy of the American Revolution -- Antislavery women, public speaking, and equal rights -- The Seneca Falls Convention and the rise of the women's rights movement -- The Fourteenth Amendment and the "New Departure" -- Bradwell v. Illinois and Taylor v. Louisiana : women in the courtroom -- Women's sexuality before World War I : rape, prostitution, and reform -- The Atlanta laundresses' strike, self-help, and anti-lynching : African-American women's rights between emancipation and World War I -- Muller v. Oregon, Adkins v. Children's Hospital, and drafting an equal rights amendment : the equality-difference debate -- "The uprising of the 20,000" : working women, unions, and feminism -- "Family limitation" : the politics of birth control and women's rights -- "Votes for women" : the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment -- Title VII, sexual harassment, and EEOC v. Sears and Roebuck : women's rights in the modern workplace -- The right to privacy, abortion, and the debate over Roe v. Wade -- "The personal is political" and its aftermath : addressing sexual liberation and sexual violence -- Title IX and women in sport
Control code
ocm49977084
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxii, 353 pages
Isbn
9780313311352
Lccn
2002075337
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o49977084
  • (OCoLC)49977084
Label
Women's rights, Sharon Hartman Strom
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-339) 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
Factory women's turnouts, women's independence, and the legacy of the American Revolution -- Antislavery women, public speaking, and equal rights -- The Seneca Falls Convention and the rise of the women's rights movement -- The Fourteenth Amendment and the "New Departure" -- Bradwell v. Illinois and Taylor v. Louisiana : women in the courtroom -- Women's sexuality before World War I : rape, prostitution, and reform -- The Atlanta laundresses' strike, self-help, and anti-lynching : African-American women's rights between emancipation and World War I -- Muller v. Oregon, Adkins v. Children's Hospital, and drafting an equal rights amendment : the equality-difference debate -- "The uprising of the 20,000" : working women, unions, and feminism -- "Family limitation" : the politics of birth control and women's rights -- "Votes for women" : the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment -- Title VII, sexual harassment, and EEOC v. Sears and Roebuck : women's rights in the modern workplace -- The right to privacy, abortion, and the debate over Roe v. Wade -- "The personal is political" and its aftermath : addressing sexual liberation and sexual violence -- Title IX and women in sport
Control code
ocm49977084
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxii, 353 pages
Isbn
9780313311352
Lccn
2002075337
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o49977084
  • (OCoLC)49977084

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