Gender : roles & rights / by Micah L. Issitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issitt, Micah L., author.

Series:

Opinions throughout history

Opinions throughout history ; [3]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--United States--History--Sources.

Sex role.

Women's rights--United States--History--Sources.

Women's rights.

Transgender people--Civil rights.

History.

Transgender people.

Gay rights.

United States.

Gay rights--United States--History--Sources.

Trans people--Civil rights--United States--History--Sources.

Trans people.

Genre:

Sources.

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 764 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018]

Contents:

Introduction

Historical timeline

Citizenship & constitutional rights. From the Colonies to the U.S. : women ruled by patriarchs (1777)

Seneca Falls, women & citizenship : sentiments of sisterhood (1848)

Women's right to vote : the 19th Amendment (1920)

State marriage bans : first state to ban discrimination based on gender (1993)

Sexual nonconformity & changing policy. Homosexuality in colonial America : Thomas Jefferson's drastic measures (1778)

Hirschfeld's studies : transforming gender and sexuality (1910, 1923)

Homosexuality is not a mental illness : American Psychiatric Association reclassifies (1952, 1973)

In the workplace. Women wartime workers : new gender norms (1917, 1944)

Title IX : gender discrimination in education (1972)

Phillips v. Martin Marietta : gender discrimination in the workplace (1973)

Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson : sexual misconduct in the workplace (1986)

Repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" : LGBTQ service members now openly serve (2010)

Military ban against women lifted : women no longer limited to non-combat roles (2013)

Hillary Clinton runs for President : gender bias and American voters (2016)

#Me Too Movement : sexual hierarchy and abuse (2016-2018)

LGBTQ+ rights. The Stonewall Riots : birth of the Gay Rights Movement (1969)

Supreme Court & sexual behavior : court rules to decriminalize same-sex behavior (2003)

Transgender access to public bathrooms : fight for gender-neutral bathrooms (2013)

Birth control & reproduction. Margaret Sanger's birth control clinic : the right not to reproduce (1916)

Roe v. Wade : legalization of abortion (1973)

Men's rights : anti-feminism and the Men's Rights Movement (1976, 2009)

Marriage & parenting. Married women in early America : fight for property rights and child custody (1848)

The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act : no-fault divorce (1970)

Transgender marriage : legalization of marriage based on gender identity (1976)

the Violence Against Women Act : married or not, violence against women is a crime (1994)

Adoption by same-sex couples : first state to allow same-sex couples to adopt jointly (1997)

Joint Parenting Movement : shared custody becomes the norm (2017)

Transgender parenting rights : in the best interess of the child (1973-2018)

Conclusion : ideas about gender.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 713-748) and index.

ISBN:

9781682179512

1682179516

OCLC:

1051449290

Publisher Number:

99984104761