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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, Protection of Women Workers and the Courts: A Legal Case History, Sexual Harassment and Race: A Legal Analysis of Discrimination, Comparable Worth: Is This a Theory for Black Workers? Sexual Harassment: Its First Decade in Court, Comparable Worth: The Paradox of Technocratic Reform, Conceptualizing Black Women's Employment Experiences, Pluralist Myths and Powerless Men: The Ideology of Reasonableness in Sexual Harassment Law, Sexist Speech in the Workplace, Women in the Workplace and Sex Discrimination Law: A Feminist Analysis of Federal Jurisprudence, Sexual Harassment in the Military, Gender Bias in the Legal Profession: Women See It, Men Don't, The Combat Exclusion and the Role of Women in the Military, Considering Difference: The Case of the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, What's Sex Got to Do With It? 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.
