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Chasing Equality : Women's Rights and US Public Policy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mezey, Susan Gluck.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Women.
- Women--United States--Social conditions.
- Women's rights--United States.
- Women's rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2023.
- Summary:
- Despite women's many gains in the political, economic, and social spheres, equality remains elusive--and in some areas, ground is being lost. Why? Why does the pay gap between women and men persist? Why is sexual harassment and assault so prevalent in schools and universities? Why are efforts to diminish women's individual autonomy, restricting their access to reproductive health care, succeeding? Susan Mezey and Megan Sholar address these disturbing questions, tracing the struggle for women's equal rights and opportunities in the US across more than a century.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Ch 1- Seeking Women's Rights in US Public Policy
- Political Activism
- Women's Suffrage
- Levels of Scrutiny
- Physical Sex Differences
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Conclusion
- Plan of the Book
- Ch 2- Securing Equal Opportunities in Schools
- Title IX
- Title IX and Athletic Programs
- Title IX and the Federal Courts
- Women in School Sports
- Title IX and Sexual Misconduct in Schools
- Title IX and the Obama Administration
- Title IX and the Trump Administration
- Title IX and the Biden Administration
- Ch 3- Combating Employment Discrimination
- The Evolution of Women's Labor Force Participation
- Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- #MeToo Movement
- Women in the Military
- The Gender Wage Gap
- Women in Professional Sports
- Ch 4- Balancing Work and Family Life
- Women's Labor Force Participation
- Pregnant Women in the Workforce
- The Courts and Preferential Treatment
- The Family and Medical Leave Act
- Gender and Work-Life Balance
- Gender Wage Gap and Family Responsibilities
- Paid Family Leave
- State Paid Family Leave Policies
- Federal Paid Family Leave
- Childcare Policies
- Ch 5- Protecting Access to Contraception
- Family Planning Policy in the United States
- Title X and Birth Control
- The Affordable Care Act and Birth Control
- Ch 6- Pursuing Abortion Rights
- The Post-Roe Decade
- Diminishing Abortions Rights
- A Focus on Methods of Abortion
- Abortion Statistics
- A Proliferation of State Abortion Regulations
- TRAP Laws
- Medication Abortions
- Challenging Roe
- The Texas Heartbeat Act
- The Supreme Court Decides Dobbs
- Post-Dobbs Policies
- The Federal Government and Abortion Rights
- The Voters Respond.
- Conclusion
- Ch 7- Chasing Equality: Where Are We Now?
- Where Are We Now?
- References
- Index of Cases
- Index
- About the Book
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mezey, Susan Gluck Chasing Equality
- ISBN:
- 9781685852887
- 1685852882
- OCLC:
- 1353818130
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