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As late as 1967, men outnumbered women twenty to one in American
law schools. With the loss of deferments from Vietnam, reluctant
law schools began admitting women to avoid plummeting enrollments.
As women entered, the law resisted. Judges would not hire women.
Law firms asserted a right to discriminate against women. Judges
permitted discrimination by employers against pregnant women.
Courts viewed sexual harassment as, one judge said, "a game played
by the male superiors." Violence against women seemed to exist
beyond the law's comprehension. In this landmark book, Fred
Strebeigh shows how American law advanced, far and fast. He brings
together legal evidence and personal histories to portray the work
of concerned women and men to advance legal rights in America.
Equal combines interviews with litigators, plaintiffs, and judges,
including Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Catharine MacKinnon, along with
research from private archives of attorneys who took cases to the
Supreme Court, to narrate battles waged against high odds and
pinnacles of legal power. Equal, in the words of Professor Suzanne
A. Kim of Rutgers Law School, is a book for "anyone interested in
how each individual can improve our society through compassion,
drive, and creativity."
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
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