Women's rights / Natasha Thomsen ; foreword by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomsen, Natasha.

Series:

Global issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Women's rights--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Facts On File, [2012]

Summary:

Women's Rights, Second Edition is part of the Global Issues series, which is designed to be a first-stop resource for research on the key challenges facing the world today. Each volume contains three sections, beginning with an introduction that clearly defines the issue, followed by detailed case studies of the issue's impact in the United States and several other countries or regions. The second section draws together significant U.S. and international primary source documents, and the third section gathers useful research tools such as brief biographies, facts and figures, an annotated bibliography, and more. A foreword written by an expert in the field complements each volume. A chronology, glossary, and index provide additional help.

Although great strides have been made in improving the rights of women since the earliest women's rights movements of the 19th century, to date there remains not a single country that has achieved full equality for its female citizens. Even in developed countries like the United States, women still earn significantly less than their male counterparts and hold far fewer executive-level positions.

Women's Rights, Second Edition begins by examining issues of gender equality, including suffrage, access to education, reproductive rights, and workplace rights, among many others. Case studies profile the rights of women in the United States, France, China, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. Women's rights : the issues. International history of women's rights

Focus on the United States. History of the U.S. women's rights movement. Current situation. The third wave

Global perspectives. France. China. Afghanistan. Democratic Republic of the Congo

United States documents. Historical documents. Newspaper articles. Magazine articles. Studies. Speeches. Legal documents. Court cases

International documents. International Women's Movement. International treaties. France. China. Afghanistan. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

How to research the women's rights movement. To begin. Web sites and online resources. Web sites. Search engines. Keywords. Organizations and people. Online databases and periodical indexes. Print sources. Films and television programs. Legal research. Finding court decisions. Plagiarism/citing sources/copyright infringement

Facts and figures. Global statistics. United States statistics. France statistics. China statistics. Afghanistan statistics. DRC statistics

Key players A to Z

Organizations and agencies

Annotated bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780816083794

0816083797

OCLC:

723529556