Waubonsee Community College

Women's rights, Sharon Hartman Strom

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-339) and index

index present

non fiction

Women's rights

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Sharon Hartman Strom

"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

Major issues in American history

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