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how forgetting women's struggles for equality perpetuates inequality
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"In a nation whose Constitution purports to speak for "We the People," too many of the stories that powerful Americans tell about law and society include only We the Men. America's dominant modes of forgetting about women help perpetuate women's inequality, rationalizing the status quo, promoting complacency, and undercutting reform. I argue that remembering women's stories more often and more accurately can help the nation advance toward sex equality"--
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction Forgotten Women -- Part I. Erasure -- 1 Courts Ignore Women's Struggles for Equality -- 2 Remembering America Without Remembering Women -- Part II. Distortion -- 3 Courts Declare Victory Early and Often -- 4 Popular Culture Announces Women's Emancipation -- Part III. Consequences -- 5 Courts Protect and Perpetuate Inequality -- 6 Anti-Feminists Capitalize on America's Misremembered Past -- Part IV. Hope -- 7 Building on the Past to Create a More Equal Future -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025