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Board Gender Diversity: A Path To Achieving Substantive Equality In The United States, Kimberly A. Houser, Jamillah Bowen Williams Nov 2021

Board Gender Diversity: A Path To Achieving Substantive Equality In The United States, Kimberly A. Houser, Jamillah Bowen Williams

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While the European Union (EU) was founded on the concept of equality as a fundamental value in 1993, the United States was created at a time when women were considered legally inferior to men. This has had the lasting effect of preventing women in the United States from making inroads into positions of power. While legislated board gender diversity (BGD) mandates have been instituted in some EU countries, the United States has been loath to take that route, relying instead on the goodwill of corporate boards, with little progress. On September 30, 2018, however, California enacted a law that has …


Transforming Society Through Law: St. George Tucker, Women's Property Rights And An Active Republican Judiciary, Mark Douglas Mcgarvie Feb 2006

Transforming Society Through Law: St. George Tucker, Women's Property Rights And An Active Republican Judiciary, Mark Douglas Mcgarvie

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