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Book SynopsisThis book is about gender and civic membership in American constitutional politics from the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment through Second Wave Feminism.
Trade Review"[A] powerful response to the nagging question of why it has taken—or is still taking—so long for women to gain civic equality" --
Political Science Quarterly"In this original and exciting new book, Gretchen Ritter provides the first thorough gender-centered account of the way the United States Constitution was formulated and has evolved. The book is cleverly organized in terms of themes through which the post-Nineteenth Amendment Constitution has defined gender and the citizenship status of women in the United States.
The Constitution as Social Design is a major work of scholarship and constitutional interpretation. It will become required reading for all scholars working in law and politics, gender studies, and American political development." -- Desmond King
"Ritter successfully argues that seeing the constitution as social design rather than merely a charter for rights allows us to reinterpret the meaning of citizenship. This book is a significant contribution to gender studies, constitutional history, and U.S. political development." -- Julie Novkov
Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments iii @toc2:Chapter 1 The Constitution as Social Design 1 @toc1:Part I: The Impact of the Nineteenth Amendment @toc2:Chapter 2 Voting 000 Chapter 3 Marriage 000 Chapter 4 Jury Service 000 @toc1:Part II: War and Civic Membership in the 1940s @toc2:Chapter 5 Labor 000 Chapter 6 War Service 000 @toc1:Part III: Second Wave Feminism @toc2:Chapter 7 Equality 000 Chapter 8 Privacy 000 Chapter 9 The Politics of Presence 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
