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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... remained the subordinates of spouses and fathers. Married women, like children, were the wards of men. Is it really a surprise, then, that the Founding Fathers would decide—either by conscious deliberation or unconscious acceptance—that ...
... remained the subordinates of spouses and fathers. Married women, like children, were the wards of men. Is it really a surprise, then, that the Founding Fathers would decide—either by conscious deliberation or unconscious acceptance—that ...
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... remained unsettled in many areas well into the mid - twentieth century , with the exception of a few distinct areas . Among them were the interracial , “ inter - status ” marriage to slaves . In that case , women foolish enough to enter ...
... remained unsettled in many areas well into the mid - twentieth century , with the exception of a few distinct areas . Among them were the interracial , “ inter - status ” marriage to slaves . In that case , women foolish enough to enter ...
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... remained among the poorest Americans.25 Specifically , single - wage , single - headed households accounted for nearly half of all poor families.26 This remained true despite “ the New Economy " of the 1990s , when many Americans ...
... remained among the poorest Americans.25 Specifically , single - wage , single - headed households accounted for nearly half of all poor families.26 This remained true despite “ the New Economy " of the 1990s , when many Americans ...
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... remained single . " ) See Margaret Sanger , AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY ( New York : W.W. Norton , 1938 ) , at p . 115. ( Wrote Sanger in recounting the experience , “ August twenty - fifth I was arraigned in the old Post Office way down- town ...
... remained single . " ) See Margaret Sanger , AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY ( New York : W.W. Norton , 1938 ) , at p . 115. ( Wrote Sanger in recounting the experience , “ August twenty - fifth I was arraigned in the old Post Office way down- town ...
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