Women, the law, and the workplace
By: edited with introductions by Sybil Lipschultz.
Contributors: Lipschultz, Sybil.
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE; Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.; Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Feminist jurisprudence -- United States.
Description: Equal rights for women in the workplace is a critical aspect of the twentieth century civil rights movement, as well as an issue of academic and public interest. Bringing together legal rulings and commentary, this three-volume collection documents the development of legal protections for women in the workplace. The comprehensive coverage encompasses the major legal and constitutional issues, including the legal arguments that lead to the reduction of working hours for women and the argumentation that framed the debates over minimum wage legislation. The set also presents more contemporary issues of gender equality versus gender difference, in matters such as maternity leave and health hazards in the workplace for pregnant women. As the interest in the intersection of law and women's studies surges, this important new collection will become an essential guide to students and scholars, as well as lay readers.--Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Feminism in the progressive era courts; title: v. 2. Feminism and the Supreme Court of the 1920s; title: v. 3. Defining labor feminism in the late twentieth century.