Feminist Legal History : Essays on Women and Law / ed. by Tracey Jean Boisseau, Tracy A. Thomas.
Baker, Carrie N., contributor.; Batlan, Felice, contributor.; Boisseau, Tracey Jean, contributor.; Boisseau, Tracey Jean, editor.; Boris, Eileen, contributor.; Chused, Richard H., contributor.; Dodd, Lynda, contributor.; Hasday, Jill Elaine, contributor.; Hoerr Jordan, Gwen, contributor.; Manian, Maya, contributor.; Murray, Melissa, contributor.; Quinn, Mae C., contributor.; Schlanger, Margo, contributor.; Siegel, Reva, contributor.; Thomas, Tracy A., contributor.; Thomas, Tracy A., editor.; Volpp, Leti, contributor.
2011
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Feminist Legal History : Essays on Women and Law / ed. by Tracey Jean Boisseau, Tracy A. Thomas.
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9780814784266
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New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
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English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814784266.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
346.730134
Summary
Attuned to the social contexts within which laws are created, feminist lawyers, historians, and activists have long recognized the discontinuities and contradictions that lie at the heart of efforts to transform the law in ways that fully serve women's interests. At its core, the nascent field of feminist legal history is driven by a commitment to uncover women's legal agency and how women, both historically and currently, use law to obtain individual and societal empowerment.Feminist Legal History represents feminist legal historians' efforts to define their field, by showcasing historical research and analysis that demonstrates how women were denied legal rights, how women used the law proactively to gain rights, and how, empowered by law, women worked to alter the law to try to change gendered realities. Encompassing two centuries of American history, thirteen original essays expose the many ways in which legal decisions have hinged upon ideas about women or gender as well as the ways women themselves have intervened in the law, from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's notion of a legal class of gender to the deeply embedded inequities involved in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, a 2007 Supreme Court pay discrimination case.Contributors: Carrie N. Baker, Felice Batlan, Tracey Jean Boisseau, Eileen Boris, Richard H. Chused, Lynda Dodd, Jill Hasday, Gwen Hoerr Jordan, Maya Manian, Melissa Murray, Mae C. Quinn, Margo Schlanger, Reva Siegel, Tracy A. Thomas, and Leti Volpp
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Baker, Carrie N., contributor.
Batlan, Felice, contributor.
Boisseau, Tracey Jean, contributor.
Boisseau, Tracey Jean, editor.
Boris, Eileen, contributor.
Chused, Richard H., contributor.
Dodd, Lynda, contributor.
Hasday, Jill Elaine, contributor.
Hoerr Jordan, Gwen, contributor.
Manian, Maya, contributor.
Murray, Melissa, contributor.
Quinn, Mae C., contributor.
Schlanger, Margo, contributor.
Siegel, Reva, contributor.
Thomas, Tracy A., contributor.
Thomas, Tracy A., editor.
Volpp, Leti, contributor.
Batlan, Felice, contributor.
Boisseau, Tracey Jean, contributor.
Boisseau, Tracey Jean, editor.
Boris, Eileen, contributor.
Chused, Richard H., contributor.
Dodd, Lynda, contributor.
Hasday, Jill Elaine, contributor.
Hoerr Jordan, Gwen, contributor.
Manian, Maya, contributor.
Murray, Melissa, contributor.
Quinn, Mae C., contributor.
Schlanger, Margo, contributor.
Siegel, Reva, contributor.
Thomas, Tracy A., contributor.
Thomas, Tracy A., editor.
Volpp, Leti, contributor.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction. Law, History, and Feminism
Part I. Contradictions in Legalizing Gender
1. Courts and Temperance "Ladies"
2. Women behind the Wheel
3. Expatriation by Marriage
4. Made with Men in Mind
5. Fighting Women
6. Irrational Women
Part II. Women's Transformation of the Law
7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Notion of a Legal Class of Gender
8. "Them Law Wimmin"
9. Legal Aid, Women Lay Lawyers, and the Rewriting of History, 1863-1930
10. Sisterhood of Struggle
11. "Feminizing" Courts
12. Sexual Harassment
13. Ledbetter's Continuum
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction. Law, History, and Feminism
Part I. Contradictions in Legalizing Gender
1. Courts and Temperance "Ladies"
2. Women behind the Wheel
3. Expatriation by Marriage
4. Made with Men in Mind
5. Fighting Women
6. Irrational Women
Part II. Women's Transformation of the Law
7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Notion of a Legal Class of Gender
8. "Them Law Wimmin"
9. Legal Aid, Women Lay Lawyers, and the Rewriting of History, 1863-1930
10. Sisterhood of Struggle
11. "Feminizing" Courts
12. Sexual Harassment
13. Ledbetter's Continuum
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index