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Equal : women reshape American law /

Portrays the dramatic story behind the movement toward legal recognition of sex discrimination in this country.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strebeigh, Fred
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Trials > United States.
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation > United States.
Women's rights > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The story of Paula Wiesenfeld
  • Old law meets a new case : Reed
  • Frontiero brings hopes
  • Wiesenfeld brings reality
  • What happened to Sally Armendariz could not happen to a man
  • The first pregnancy case : Aiello
  • The second pregnancy case : General Electric
  • The final pregnancy battle : beyond the Supreme Court
  • A problem in the profession
  • Taking action
  • A young woman takes an old Wall Street firm to court
  • Time to settle
  • The chief justice's second draft
  • No law
  • Naming sexual harassment
  • Women and the law
  • Mechelle Vinson goes to trial
  • Appeal to a higher court
  • To the Supreme Court
  • At the Supreme Court
  • A challenge for a young lawyer
  • Using civil rights to combat violence
  • Judges strike back
  • Seeking equal judicial firepower
  • Women judges to the rescue
  • Reckoning at the Supreme Court.