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The Long History Of Feminist Legal Theory, Tracy Thomas
The Long History Of Feminist Legal Theory, Tracy Thomas
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This chapter challenges the conventional idea that feminist legal theory began in the 1970s. The advent of legal feminism is usually placed in the second wave feminist movement, birthed by the political activism of the women’s liberation movement and nurtured by the intellectual leadership of women scholars newly entering legal academia. However, legal feminism has a much longer history, going back more than a century earlier. While the term “feminist” was not used in the United States until the 1910s, the foundations of feminist legal theory were first conceptualized as early as 1848 and developed over the next one hundred …
From Nineteenth Amendment To Era: Constitutional Amendments For Women's Equality, Tracy Thomas
From Nineteenth Amendment To Era: Constitutional Amendments For Women's Equality, Tracy Thomas
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The Origins Of Constitutional Gender Equality In The Nineteenth-Century Work Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tracy Thomas
The Origins Of Constitutional Gender Equality In The Nineteenth-Century Work Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Tracy Thomas
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This introduction to the symposium previews the colloquium held at the Center for Constitutional Law at Akron on the intellectual work of pioneering feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It highlights the talks from scholars in law, history, and women’s studies, published in this symposium issue, that explore Stanton’s philosophical and political work for gender equality in the political, domestic, and religious spheres.
The "Radical Conscience" Of Nineteenth-Century Feminism, Tracy Thomas
The "Radical Conscience" Of Nineteenth-Century Feminism, Tracy Thomas
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Forward: "War On Women" In Women And The Law, Tracy Thomas
Forward: "War On Women" In Women And The Law, Tracy Thomas
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This foreword to Women and the Law highlights the dramatic attacks on women's rights over the past year. It summarizes the articles contained in this annual selection of leading scholarship in the field of women's rights. This "greatest hits" collection pulls together academic research of potential interest to litigators and policymakers on issues of reproductive rights, feminism and the family, violence against women, employment, women's healthcare, and feminist legal theory.