Opinions throughout History: Gender: Roles & Rights
Opinions throughout History: Gender: Roles & Rights
Editors: Grey House Publishing
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Grey House Publishing
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-68217-951-2
Category: Social Sciences - Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Image Count:
94
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This new series from Grey House offers indepth, single volumes that follow the debate, or path, to a decision on a controversial topic as it evolved throughout history. Each volume offers a wide range of opinion essays and editorials, speeches, and journal articles and expert analysis.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Citizenship & Constitutional Rights
- 1. From the Colonies to the U.S.: Women Ruled by Patriarchs (1777)
- 2. Seneca Falls, Women & Citizenship: Sentiments of the Sisterhood (1848)
- 3. Women's Right to Vote: The 19th Amendment (1920)
- 4. State Marriage Bans: First State To Ban Discrimination Based on Gender (1993)
- Sexual Nonconformity & Changing Policy
- 5. Homosexuality in Colonial America: Thomas Jefferson's Drastic Measures (1778)
- 6. Hirschfeld's Studies: Transforming Gender and Sexuality (1910, 1923)
- 7. Homosexuality Is Not a Mental Illness: American Psychiatric Association Reclassifies (1952, 1973)
- In the Workplace
- 8. Women Wartime Workers: New Gender Norms (1917, 1944)
- 9. Title IX: Gender Discrimination in Education (1972)
- 10. Phillips v. Martin Marietta: Gender Discrimination in the Workplace (1973)
- 11. Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson: Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace (1986)
- 12. Repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”: LGBTQ Service Members Now Openly Serve (2010)
- 13. Military Ban Against Women Lifted: Women No Longer Limited to Non-Combat Roles (2013)
- 14. Hillary Clinton Runs for President: Gender Bias and American Voters (2016)
- 15. #MeToo Movement: Sexual Hierarchy and Abuse (2016-2018)
- LGBTQ+ Rights
- 16. The Stonewall Riots: Birth of the Gay Rights Movement (1969)
- 17. Supreme Court & Sexual Behavior: Court Rules to Decriminalize Same-Sex Behavior (2003)
- 18. Transgender Access to Public Bathrooms: Fight for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms (2013)
- Birth Control & Reproduction
- 19. Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinic: The Right Not to Reproduce (1916)
- 20. Roe v. Wade: Legalization of Abortion (1973)
- 21. Men's Rights: Anti-Feminism and the Men's Rights Movement (1976, 2009)
- Marriage & Parenting
- 22. Married Women in Early America: Fight for Property Rights and Child Custody (1848)
- 23. The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act: No-Fault Divorce (1970)
- 24. Transgender Marriage: Legalization of Marriage Based on Gender Identity (1976)
- 25. The Violence Against Women Act: Married or Not, Violence Against Women is a Crime (1994)
- 26. Adoption by Same-Sex Couples: First State to Allow Same-Sex Couples to Adopt Jointly (1997)
- 27. Joint Parenting Movement: Shared Custody Becomes the Norm (2017)
- 28. Transgender Parenting Rights: In the Best Interests of the Child (1973-2018)
- Conclusion
- Ideas About Gender
- Primary & Secondary Sources
- Glossary
- Historical Snapshots
- Bibliography
- About the Author