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Book SynopsisAn exploration of feminist legal history in America, covering two centuries of American history
Trade ReviewWell worth reading...the variety of topics, perspectives, and outlooks confirms the richness and complexity of the field of women's history. * The Journal of American History *
An exciting, interdisciplinary collection of original articles that demonstrates the complex and dynamic interplay among history, law, and gender. This volume will help historians think more practically about legal change, challenge law professors and legal professionals to employ history with greater care, and provide all readers with fresh perspectives on interrelationships between women and the law, past and present but with an eye on the future. -- Leigh Ann Wheeler,author of Against Obscenity: Reform and the Politics of Womanhood in America, 1873-1935
These essays clearly indicate where women’s legal history has been and anticipate where it is going based on the various kinds of feminism that emerged in the course of the twentieth century. They constitute the most comprehensive review to date of the role that gender issues have played and will continue to play in the enduring historical struggle to reconcile female and male legal rights in the United States well into the twenty-first century. -- Joan Hoff,author of Law, Gender, and Injustice: A Legal History of U.S. Women
Table of ContentsForeword Reva Siegel Preface Tracey Jean Boisseau Introduction: Law, History, and Feminism Tracy A. Thomas and Tracey Jean BoisseauPart I: Contradictions in Legalizing Gender 1 Courts and Temperance "Ladies" Richard H. Chused 2 Women behind the WheelGender and Transportation Law, 1860-1930 Margo Schlanger 3 Expatriation by Marriage The Case of Asian American Women Leti Volpp 4 Made with Men in Mind Melissa Murray 5 Fighting Women Jill Elaine Hasday 6 Irrational Women Maya Manian Part II: Women's Transformation of the Law 7 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Notion of a Legal Class of Gender Tracy A. Thomas 8 "Them Law Wimmin" 156 Gwen Hoerr Jordan 9 Legal Aid, Women Lay Lawyers, and the Rewriting of History 1863-1930 Felice Batlan 10 Sisterhood of Struggle Lynda Dodd 11 "Feminizing" Courts Mae C. Quinn 12 Sexual Harassment Carrie N. Baker 13 Ledbetter's Continuum Eileen Boris Selected Bibliography Contributors Index
