Equal Means Equal
Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment is Now
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2015
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-039-3 (ISBN)
The New Press (Verlag)
978-1-62097-039-3 (ISBN)
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When the Equal Rights Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1972, Richard Nixon was president and "All in the Family"'s Archie Bunker was telling his feisty wife Edith to stifle it. Over the course of the next ten years, an initial wave of enthusiasm led to ratification of the ERA by thirty-five states, just three short of the thirty-eight stat
The Equal Rights Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1972. Over the course of the next ten years, an initial wave of enthusiasm led to ratification of the ERA by 35 states, just three short of the 38 states needed by the 1982 deadline. In a series of short, accessible chapters looking at several key areas of sex discrimination recognised by the Supreme Court, Equal Means Equal tells the story of the legal cases that inform the need for an ERA, along with contemporary cases in which women's rights are compromised without the protection of an ERA.
The Equal Rights Amendment was first passed by Congress in 1972. Over the course of the next ten years, an initial wave of enthusiasm led to ratification of the ERA by 35 states, just three short of the 38 states needed by the 1982 deadline. In a series of short, accessible chapters looking at several key areas of sex discrimination recognised by the Supreme Court, Equal Means Equal tells the story of the legal cases that inform the need for an ERA, along with contemporary cases in which women's rights are compromised without the protection of an ERA.
The founder of the international women’s rights organization Equality Now, Jessica Neuwirth is the former director of the New York branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. She lives in New York City. Gloria Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the 1960s and 1970s. She lives in New York City.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.2.2015 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | Gloria Steinem |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 209 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62097-039-2 / 1620970392 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62097-039-3 / 9781620970393 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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