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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... percentage of women entering traditionally “male” fields also rose—from one percent in 1980 for women graduating with majors in engineering to 14 percent by 1990.18 Gains were also made on the graduate level, where in 1970, only 9 percent ...
... percentage of women entering traditionally “male” fields also rose—from one percent in 1980 for women graduating with majors in engineering to 14 percent by 1990.18 Gains were also made on the graduate level, where in 1970, only 9 percent ...
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... percent from 1997 to 1999 , officials at the [ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta ] said . The rate peaked at 467.7 cases per 100,000 people in 1975 , then fell steadily in all regions by 72 percent until stabilizing ...
... percent from 1997 to 1999 , officials at the [ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta ] said . The rate peaked at 467.7 cases per 100,000 people in 1975 , then fell steadily in all regions by 72 percent until stabilizing ...
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... percent of adults age fifty and 31 percent of adults between thirty - five and forty believe that a woman is to be blamed for her rape if she dressed provocatively . And at the end of 1991 , Newsweek pointed out that the public's ...
... percent of adults age fifty and 31 percent of adults between thirty - five and forty believe that a woman is to be blamed for her rape if she dressed provocatively . And at the end of 1991 , Newsweek pointed out that the public's ...
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... percent who identify themselves as Catholic and 2 percent who identify themselves as Jewish.75 Given these numbers, it might be argued that God, the Pope, and the lingering image of Mary have little or no influence in the modern ...
... percent who identify themselves as Catholic and 2 percent who identify themselves as Jewish.75 Given these numbers, it might be argued that God, the Pope, and the lingering image of Mary have little or no influence in the modern ...
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... percent of all male criminals faced such allegation , " according to Norton . " But predatory conduct towards maids and minor females also drew the attention of legislators , prompting passage of a Plymouth law in 1638 , equating the ...
... percent of all male criminals faced such allegation , " according to Norton . " But predatory conduct towards maids and minor females also drew the attention of legislators , prompting passage of a Plymouth law in 1638 , equating the ...
Table des matières
Twentieth Century Developments | 65 |
The Politics of Female Adolescence | 509 |
Violence and Women | 591 |
Epilogue | 751 |
Index | 759 |
About the Author | 789 |
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Page 101 - Yet the marital couple is not an independent entity with a mind and heart of its own, but an association of two individuals each with a separate intellectual and emotional makeup. // the right of privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child.
Page 26 - But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 176 - Columbia, such person shall be restored to such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay ; (B) if such position was in the employ of a private employer, such employer shall restore such person to such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay unless the employer's circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to do so...
Page 54 - That woman's physical structure and the performance of maternal functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for subsistence is obvious.
Page 172 - It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin...
Page 169 - It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.
Page 243 - employer" means a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year, and any agent of such a person, but such term does not include (1) the United States, a corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States, an Indian tribe, or...
Page 172 - ... (2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Page 55 - The limitations which this statute places upon her contractual powers, upon her right to agree with her employer as to the time she shall labor, are not imposed solely for her benefit, but also largely for the benefit of all.
Page 23 - Man is, or should be, woman's protector and defender. The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. The constitution of the family organization, which is founded in the divine ordinance, as well as in the nature of things, indicates the domestic sphere as that which properly belongs to the domain and functions of womanhood.