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Author Strebeigh, Fred.

Title Equal : women reshape American law / Fred Strebeigh.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  342.73 STREBEIGH    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  342.730878 STREBEIGH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 582 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-558) and index.
Summary Portrays the dramatic story behind the movement toward legal recognition of sex discrimination in this country.
Contents The story of Paula Wiesenfeld -- Old law meets a new case : Reed -- Frontiero brings hopes -- Wiesenfeld brings reality -- What happened to Sally Armendariz could not happen to a man -- The first pregnancy case : Aiello -- The second pregnancy case : General Electric -- The final pregnancy battle : beyond the Supreme Court -- A problem in the profession -- Taking action -- A young woman takes an old Wall Street firm to court -- Time to settle -- The chief justice's second draft -- No law -- Naming sexual harassment -- Women and the law -- Mechelle Vinson goes to trial -- Appeal to a higher court -- To the Supreme Court -- At the Supreme Court -- A challenge for a young lawyer -- Using civil rights to combat violence -- Judges strike back -- Seeking equal judicial firepower -- Women judges to the rescue -- Reckoning at the Supreme Court.
Subject Trials -- United States.
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.
ISBN 9780393065558 hardcover
0393065553 hardcover
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