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    Women and the United States Constitution : history, interpretation, and practice / edited by Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach and Patricia Smith.

    • Title:Women and the United States Constitution : history, interpretation, and practice / edited by Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach and Patricia Smith.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Schwarzenbach, Sibyl A.
      Smith, Patricia, 1956-
    • Published/Created:New York : Columbia University Press, ©2003.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--History.
      Women's rights--United States.
      Constitutional history--United States.
      Equal rights amendments--United States.
      Feminist jurisprudence--United States.
    • Description:xiv, 396 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0231128932 (paper : alk. paper)
      0231128924 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • Contents:1. Women and Constitutional Interpretation: The Forgotten Value of Civic Friendship / Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach
      Founding Period
      2. Representation of Women in the Constitution / Jan Lewis
      3. Declarations of Independence: Women and Divorce in the Early Republic / Norma Basch
      4. Explanation Lies in Property: Gender and Its Connection to Economic Considerations / Carol Berkin
      Reconstruction
      5. Women, Bondage, and the Reconstructed Constitution / Peggy Cooper Davis
      6. Unkept Promise of the Thirteenth Amendment: A Call for Reparations / Adjoa Aiyetoro
      Women and the Welfare State
      7. Culture of Work Enforcement: Race, Gender and U.S. Welfare Policy / Frances Fox Piven
      8. Silent Constitution: Affirmative Obligation and the Feminization of Poverty / Patricia Smith
      U.S. Constitution in Comparative Context
      9. Federalism(s), Feminism, Families, and the Constitution / Judith Resnik
      10. What's Privacy Got to Do With It? A Comparative Approach to the Feminist Critique / Martha C. Nussbaum
      11. Women's Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution: Initiating a Dialogue / Carol C. Gould
      Privacy and Family Law
      12. Battered Women, Feminist Lawmaking, Privacy, and Equality / Elizabeth M. Schneider
      13. Infringements of Women's Constitutional Rights in Religious Lawmaking on Abortion / Lucinda Joy Peach
      14. What Place for Family Privacy? / Martha Albertson Fineman
      15. Right to Privacy and Gay/Lesbian Sexuality: Beyond Decriminalization to Equal Recognition / David A. J. Richards
      Women and Work
      16. Gender of Discrimination: Race, Sex, and Fair Employment / Eileen Boris
      17. Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach / Susan Sturm
      18. Our Economy of Mothers and Others: Women and Economics Revisited / Joan Williams
      Citizenship and the Equal Rights Amendment
      19. Women and Citizenship: The Virginia Military Institute Case / Philippa Strum
      20. "Heightened Scrutiny": An Alternative Route to Constitutional Equality for U.S. Women / Cynthia Harrison
      21. Whatever Happened to the ERA? / Jane Mansbridge.
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