388 Pages
by
Routledge
Multidisciplinary focus Surveying many disciplines, this anthology brings together an outstanding selection of scholarly articles that examine the profound impact of law on the lives of women in the United States. The themes addressed include the historical, political, and social contexts of legal issues that have affected women's struggles to obtain equal treatment under the law. The articles... Read more
Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Who Gets the Child? Custody, Guardianship, and the Rise of a Judicial Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century America, Lesbian Mothers II: Long Night's Journey Into Day, Women as Fathers: Motherhood and Child Care Under a Modified Patriarchy, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services: Devaluing the Right to Choose, Images of Mothers in Poverty Discourses, Reproductive Freedoms and African American Women, Reproductive Technologies and the U.S. Courts, Adolescent Pregnancy and Public Policy, Keeping Abortion Clinics Open: The Importance of Ragsdale v. Turnock in the Post-Casey Era, The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and Mandating Norplant for Women on Welfare Discourse, Comm unitarianism and Feminism: The Case Against the Preference for the Two-Parent Family, The Norplant Solution: Norplant and the Control of African American Motherhood, Employable Mothers and Suitable Work: A Re-Evaluation of Welfare and Wage-Earning for Women in the Twentieth-Century United States, Fathers' Rights, Mothers' Wrongs? Reflections on Unwed Fathers' Rights and Sex Equality, Acknowledgments
Biography
about the editor
Karen J. Maschke holds a Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University. Her area of specialization in public law, with a concentration on women and the law. She is the author of Litigation, Courts, and Women Workers (Praeger, 1989) and has published articles concerning women's legal rights. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the national Endowment for the Humanities.
