United States v. Virginia
Subtitle: Virginia Military Institute accepts women
By: Barbara Long.
Series: Landmark Supreme Court cases
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Virginia Military Institute -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Virginia Military Institute -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Sex discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Military education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Women -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Sex discrimination in education -- Law and legislation.; Military education -- Law and legislation.; Women -- Education -- Law and legislation.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Other titles: United States versus Virginia
Description: Presents information about the Supreme Court case which questioned the Virginia Military Institute's male-only policy and which refueled the debate regarding private, single-gender schools.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.
Table of contents: title: Welcome to the "rat" world; title: The start of a long march; title: The legal battle; title: The case for admitting women to VMI; title: VMI's case against admitting women; title: The Supreme Court's decision; title: Impact of the Court's decision.