Encyclopedia of women and American politics / Lynne E. Ford; revised by Liz Sonneborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Lynne E., author.

Sonneborn, Liz, author.

Contributor:

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Library of American history

Facts on file library of American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's studies.

United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Facts On File, [2021]

Contents:

Abbott, Edith

Abbott, Grace

Abolitionist movement

Abortion

Abrams, Stacey

Abzug, Bella

Achtenberg, Roberta

Acquaintance rape

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Adams, Abigail

Adams, Annette

Adams, Louisa

Addams, Jane

Adkins v. Children's Hospital

Affirmative action

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health

Guttmacher Institute

Albright, Madeleine

Alcott, Louisa May

"Alice Doesn't Day" Women's Strike

alimony

Allen, Florence

Allen, Paula Gunn

Allred, Gloria

Alpha Suffrage Club

Alvarez, Aida

American Association of University Women (AAUW)

American Birth Control League (ABCL)

American Equal Rights Association (AERA)

American Life League, Inc. (ALL)

American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)

Ames, Jessie

Anderson, Eugenie Moore

Anderson, Marian

Andrews, Fannie Fern

Anthony, Susan B.

Anti-lynching movement

Anti-suffragists

Antifeminism

Antimiscegenation statutes

Armstrong, Anne

Association for Women Journalists

Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching (ASWPL)

Atkinson, Ti-Grace

Bachmann, Michele

Baez, Joan

Bagley, Sarah G.

Baker, Ella

Balch, Emily Greene

Baldwin, Tammy

Barcel,̤ Gertrudis

Barrett, Amy Coney

Barton, Clara

Bass, Charlotta Spears

Beach, Amy

Beal v. Doe

Bean, Melissa

Berkley, Shelley

Berry, Mary Frances

Bethune, Mary McLeod

Biden, Jill

Biggert, Judy

"Bill of Rights for Women"

Birth control movement

Black feminism

Black Lives Matter (BLM)

Black women's club movement

Black Women's Health Imperative

Blackburn, Marsha

Blackwell, Alice Stone

Blackwell, Elizabeth

Blanchfield, Florence Aby

Blatch, Harriot Stanton

Bloomer, Amelia

Blow, Susan

Bly, Nellie

Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)

Bonney, Mary

Bono, Mary

Bordallo, Madeleine

Boxer, Barbara

Bradwell, Myra

Brant, Molly

Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic

Breckinridge, Sophonisba

Breedlove v. Suttles

Brent, Margaret Reed

Bridefare

Brown, Corrine

Brown-Waite, Virginia

Buck, Pearl S.

Burns, Lucy

Bush, Barbara

Bush, Laura

Byrne, Jane

Cable Act

Califano v. Westcott

Cammermeyer v. Aspin

Cantwell, Maria

Capito, Shelley

Capps, Lois

Caraway, Hattie Wyatt

Carson, Julia

Carson, Rachel

Carter, Lillian

Carter, Rosalynn

Catalyst

Catt, Carrie Chapman

Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP)

Center for Women Policy Studies

Chapman, Maria Weston

Cheney, Liz

Chicago, Judy

Child care

Child, Lydia Maria

Child Support Enforcement Amendment

Chilly climate

Chisholm, Shirley

Christian-Christensen, Donna

Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACSW)

Citizenship restrictions for women

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1991

Clark, Septima

Clay, Laura

Cleveland, Frances

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Clinton v. Jones

Cohen v. Brown University

Collins, Susan

Colored Women's League

Combahee River Collective

Comparable worth

Comstock law

Concerned Women for America (CWA)

Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues

Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (CUWS)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Convention on the Political Rights of Women

Coolidge, Grace

Cortez Masto, Catherine

Covenant marriage

Coverture

Craig v. Boren

Crandall, Prudence

Cubin, Barbara

"Cult of True Womanhood"

Cunningham, Minnie Fisher

Curtis, Lucile Atcherson

Dall, Caroline

Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)

Daughters of Liberty

Daughters of Temperance

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

Davis, Angela

Davis, Jo Ann

Davis, Susan

Day, Dorothy

"Declaration of Rights and Sentiments"

"Declaration of Rights of Women"

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services(DACOWITS)

DeGette, Diana

DeLauro, Rosa

Dennett, Mary Ware

Detzer, Dorothy

Dewson, Mary Williams

Dix, Dorothea

Doe v. Bolton

Dole, Elizabeth

Domestic violence

Domicile laws

Dothard v. Rawlinson

Douglas, Helen Gahagan

Drake, Thelma

Duckworth, Tammy

Dulles, Eleanor Lansing

Duniway, Abigail Scott

Dworkin, Andrea

Dyer, Mary

Eagle Forum

Eddy, Mary Baker

Edelman, Marian Wright

Eisenhower, Mamie

Eisenstadt v. Baird

Elders, Joycelyn

Emerson, Jo Ann

Emily's List

England, Lynndie

Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA)

Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Equal Pay Act

Equal Pay Day

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act (EPICC)

Eshoo, Anna

Eugenics

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Faludi, Susan

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Family leave policy

Family Support Act of 1988

Feinstein, Dianne

Felton, Rebecca

The Feminine Mystique

Feminism

Fenwick, Millicent

Ferguson, Miriam

Ferguson v. City of Charleston

Ferraro, Geraldine

Fillmore, Abigail

First Lady of the United States

Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley

Fonda, Jane

Ford, Betty

Foxx, Virginia

Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE)

Freeman, Jo

French, Marilyn

Friedan, Betty

Frontiero v. Richardson

Gag rule

Gage, Matilda Joslyn

Garfield, Lucretia

Geduldig v. Aiello

Gender gap

Gender stereotypes

General Electric Company v. Gilbert

General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC)

Giffords, Gabrielle

Gilbreth, Lillian

Gillibrand, Kirsten

Gilligan, Carol

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

Glaspie, April

Glass ceiling

Glass Ceiling Commission

Goldman, Emma

Granger, Kay

Granholm, Jennifer

Grant, Julia

Grasso, Ella

Griffiths, Martha

Grimké, Angelina

Grimké, Sarah Moore

Griswold v. Connecticut

Grove City College v. Bell

Guerrilla Girls

Guinier, Lani

Haaland, Deb

Haley, Nikki

Hamer, Fannie Lou

Harding, Florence

Harman, Jane

Harriman, Pamela

Harris, Kamala

Harris, Katherine

Harris, Patricia

Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.

Harris v. McRae

Harrison, Anna Symmes

Harrison, Caroline

Hart, Melissa

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. Insurance Commissionerof the Commonwealth of PA

Hayes, Lucy

Height, Dorothy

Hill, Anita

Hill v. Colorado

Hills, Carla Anderson

Hirono, Mazie

Hishon v. King Spalding

Hobby, Oveta Culp

Hodgson et al. v. Minnesota et al

Hoey, Jane

Holm, Jeanne

Hooks, bell

Hooley, Darlene

Hoover, Lou

Howe, Julia Ward

Hoyt v. Florida

Huerta, Dolores

Hull-House

Hutchinson, Anne

Hutchison, Kay Bailey

Hyde Amendment

Immigrants' Protective League (IPL)

In the Matter of Baby M

Independent Women's Forum (IWF)

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)

International Women's Day (IWD)

Interspousal immunity

Ireland, Patricia

Iron-jawed angels

Johnson, Eddie

Johnson, Eliza

Johnson, Lady Bird

Johnson, Nancy

Johnson v. Calvert

Jones, Stephanie Tubbs

Jordan, Barbara

Kagan, Elena

Kaptur, Marcy

Kassebaum, Nancy L.

Kelley, Florence

Kelly, Sue

Kilpatrick, Carolyn

King, Coretta Scott

Kirkpatrick, Jeane J.

Klobuchar, Amy

Kreps, Juanita Morris

Kunin, Madeleine May

Ladies Association of Philadelphia

LaHaye, Beverly

Landrieu, Mary

League of Women Voters

Lease, Mary Elizabeth

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

Lee, Barbara

Lee, Sheila Jackson

Lemons v. City and County of Denver

Lenroot, Katherine

Lesbian separatism

Liliuokalani

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Lincoln, Blanche

Lincoln, Mary Todd

Lockwood, Belva

Lofgren, Zoe

Loving v. Virginia

Low, Juliette

Lowell, Josephine Shaw

Lowey, Nita

Luce, Clare Boothe

Lynch, Loretta

Lyon, Mary

MacKinnon, Catharine

Madison, Dolley

Malcolm, Ellen R.

Maloney, Carolyn

Mankiller, Wilma

Mansell v. Mansell

Mansfield, Arabella

March for Women's Lives

Married Women's Property Act

Matalin, Mary

Matsui, Doris

McCarthy, Carolyn

McCollum, Betty

McGee, Anita

McGrory, Mary

McKinley, Ida

McKinney, Cynthia

Mead, Margaret

Meritor Savings Bank v. Mechelle Vinson

#MeToo movement

Mikulski, Barbara A.

Milholland, Inez

Military service, women and

Millender-McDonald, Juanita

Miller, Candice

Millett, Kate

Mink, Patsy Takemoto

Minor v. Happersett

Minor, Virginia

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan

Mitchell, Maria

Mitchell, Martha

Mofford, Rose

Monroe, Elizabeth

Moore, Gwen

Braun, Carol Moseley

Mother Jones

Motherhood bind

Mott, Lucretia

Ms.

Muller v. Oregon

Murkowski, Lisa

Murray, Judith Sargent

Murray, Patty

Musgrave, Marilyn

Myers, Dee Dee

Myrick, Sue

Nannygate

Napolitano, Grace

Napolitano, Janet

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

National Association of Colored Women (NACW)

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO)

National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

National Federation of Afro-American Women (NFAAW)

National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

National Organization for Women (NOW)

National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL/Women)

National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)

National Woman's Loyal League

National Woman's Party (NWP)

National Woman's Rights Convention

National Women's Conference

National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC)

Nestor, Agnes

New Era Club

New York v. Sanger

Nixon, Pat

Noonan, Peggy

Norplant

Northup, Anne

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

Obama, Michelle

Oberlin College

Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria

O'Connor, Sandra Day

O'Day, Caroline

Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health

O'Leary, Hazel

Omar, Ilhan

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy

Operation Rescue

Opt-out revolution

Orenstein, Peggy

Orr v. Orr

Ovington, Mary White

Packard, Sophia

Palin, Sarah

Palmer, Alice Freeman

Parks, Rosa

Parrish, Anne

patriarchy

Paul, Alice

Pelosi, Nancy

Perkins, Frances

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

Peterson, Esther Eggertsen

Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.

Phyllis Schlafly Report

Pierce, Jane

Pinchot, Cornelia Bryce

Pink-collar ghetto

Pipeline thesis

Pittsburgh Press v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA)

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey

Pocahontas

Polk, Sarah Childress

Pregnancy Discrimination Act

President's Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW)

Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins

Prostitution

Protective legislation

Pryce, Deborah

Quinton, Amelia Stone

Rankin, Jeannette

Ray, Charlotte

Ray, Dixy Lee

Reagan, Nancy

Redstockings

Reed v. Reed

Reno, Janet

Reproductive technology

Rice, Condoleezza

Rice, Susan

Richards, Ann

Richards, Ellen

Right to life movement

Rodgers, Cathy McMorris

Roe v. Wade

Roosevelt, Edith

Roosevelt, Eleanor

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana

Rosenberg, Anna

Rosenfeld v. Southern Pacific Company

"Rosie the Riveter"

Ross, Nellie Tayloe

Rostker v. Goldberg

Roybal-Allard, Lucille

Ruffin, Josephine

Rust v. Sullivan

Sacajawea

Sage, Margaret

Same-sex marriage

Sánchez, Linda

Sanchez, Loretta

Sandlin, Stephanie Herseth

Sanger, Margaret

Schakowsky, Jan

Schlafly, Phyllis

Schmidt, Jean

Schroeder, Patricia

Schultz, Debbie Wasserman

Schwartz, Allyson

Sebelius, Kathleen

Seneca Falls Convention

Separate spheres ideology

Seton, Elizabeth Ann

Settlement house movement

Seven Sisters colleges

Sexual harassment

Shaw, Anna Howard

Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act of 1921

Single-sex education

Slaughter, Louise

Smeal, Eleanor

Smedley, Agnes

Smith, Margaret Chase

Smith, Mary Louise

Snowe, Olympia J.

Social Security and women

Solis, Hilda

Solomon, Hannah

Sotomayor, Sonia

Southern Women's League for the Rejection of the Susan B.Anthony Amendment

Stabenow, Debbie

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Stanton v. Stanton

State status of women commissions

Steinem, Gloria

Stenberg v. Carhart

Stone, Lucy

STOP ERA

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Suffrage

Surrogacy

Susan B. Anthony List

Taft, Helen

Tailhook scandal

Take Our Daughters to Work Day

Tarbell, Ida

Tauscher, Ellen

Taylor, Margaret

Taylor v. Louisiana

Temperance movement

Black, Shirley Temple

Terrell, Mary Church

The Women's March

Third-wave feminism

Thomas, Helen

Thomas, Martha Carey

Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians andGynecologists

Tillmon, Johnnie

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Totenberg, Nina

Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire

Truman, Bess

Trump, Melania

Truth, Sojourner

Tubman, Harriet

Tyler, Julia Gardiner

Tyler, Letitia

UAW v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)

United Nations Decade for Women

United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia

United States v. Susan B. Anthony

Velz̀quez, Nydia

Villard, Fanny

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Voluntary Parenthood League (VPL)

Vorchheimer v. School District of Philadelphia

Wage gap

Walker, Mary Edwards

Warren, Elizabeth

Warren, Mercy Otis

Washerwomen's Strike of 1881

Washington, Martha

Waters, Maxine

Watson, Diane

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

Weddington, Sarah

Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph

Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld

Welfare policy

Welfare rights movement

Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

White House Project

Whitman, Christine Todd

Whitner v. South Carolina

Widow's tradition

Willard, Emma

Willard, Frances E.

Wilson, Edith

Wilson, Ellen

Wilson, Heather

Winnemucca, Sarah

"The Winning Plan"

WISH List

Woman Suffrage Party

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES)

Women of All Red Nations (WARN)

Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

Women's Army Corps (WACS)

Women's Bureau

Women's Campaign Fund (WCF)

Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA)

Women's Equity Action League (WEAL)

Women's involvement in politics

Women's Peace Party (WPP)

Women's Political Union

Woodhull, Victoria

Woodward, Charlotte

Woolsey, Lynn

Wright, Frances

Yard, Molly

"Year of the Woman"

Yellen, Janet

Zbaraz v. Hartigan.

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9781646938216

1646938216

Publisher Number:

99991358879

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