The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in AmericaSphinxLegal, 2004 - 788 pages Chicago-based writer, artist, and civil rights attorney Rowland covers the period from the 1600's to the early 1900s in the first section, then examines developments in the 20th century in a long second section. Final sections look at the politics of female adolescence and violence and women, mainly as contemporary issues but with some historical c |
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... Legislation: A Place at Work for Women and a Place for Muller in History. SECTION. II: TWENTIETH. CENTURY. DEVELOPMENTS. CHAPTER 4: THE NATION GOES TO WAR AND “ROSIE” IS BORN . “Men's Work,” the Great Depression, and World War II ...
... Legislation: A Place at Work for Women and a Place for Muller in History. SECTION. II: TWENTIETH. CENTURY. DEVELOPMENTS. CHAPTER 4: THE NATION GOES TO WAR AND “ROSIE” IS BORN . “Men's Work,” the Great Depression, and World War II ...
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... legislation that would ban so - called ' par- tial - birth ' abortion [ ; ] bill ( HR 760 ) ; the Unborn Victims of Violence Act , a bill introduced in both the House ( HR 1997 ) and the Senate ( S 1019 ) that would make harming a fetus ...
... legislation that would ban so - called ' par- tial - birth ' abortion [ ; ] bill ( HR 760 ) ; the Unborn Victims of Violence Act , a bill introduced in both the House ( HR 1997 ) and the Senate ( S 1019 ) that would make harming a fetus ...
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... legislation versus discriminatory legislation. Chapter Three will cover these issues. Women have always worked in America, despite the hurdles; their tradi- tional presence apparent in the “womanly” professions. Despite public objec ...
... legislation versus discriminatory legislation. Chapter Three will cover these issues. Women have always worked in America, despite the hurdles; their tradi- tional presence apparent in the “womanly” professions. Despite public objec ...
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... Legislation was passed to make that possible. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based upon race and gender. Though “gender discrimination” was not formally defined until 1978, challenges were immediately brought ...
... Legislation was passed to make that possible. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based upon race and gender. Though “gender discrimination” was not formally defined until 1978, challenges were immediately brought ...
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... legislation that would recognize “unborn children” as the victims of federal crimes. These measures are contrary, of course, to the law established by the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. They also stand in defiance ...
... legislation that would recognize “unborn children” as the victims of federal crimes. These measures are contrary, of course, to the law established by the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. They also stand in defiance ...
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