The boundaries of her body : the troubling history of women's rights in America / Debran Rowland.
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| Other title: | Troubling history of women's rights in America. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Naperville, Ill. :
Sphinx Pub.,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the politics of biology, the essence of control
- section 1: The 1600s-early 1900s. Women and the hierarchy of gender
- Biology, sex, and the obligation of motherhood
- Working women and the issue of "protection"
- section 2: Twentieth century developments. The nation goes to war and "Rosie" is born
- The birth control debate begins
- The 1960s and an era of change
- The law of pregnancy in the workplace
- Guerrilla tactics and reproductive rights today
- A woman's worth : less is still less
- The reproductive rights of "new medicine"
- Sex and "seduction" in the time of AIDS
- section 3: The politics of female adolescence. Pop life and the legal confusion of girls
- section 4: Violence and women. A woman's place is in the hospital
- Current issues in rape and sexual assault law
- The private story of private abuse
- Epilogue.