No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship - Linda K. Kerber

Descriere No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship - Linda K. Kerber

\nThis pioneering study redefines women's history in the United States by focusing on civic obligations rather than rights. Looking closely at thirty telling cases from the pages of American legal history, Kerber's analysis reaches from the Revolution, when married women did not have the same obligation as their husbands to be patriots, up to the present, when men and women, regardless of their marital status, still have different obligations to serve in the Armed Forces. \n \nAn original and compelling consideration of American law and culture, No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies emphasizes the dangers of excluding women from other civic responsibilities as well, such as loyalty oaths and jury duty. Exploring the lives of the plaintiffs, the strategies of the lawyers, and the decisions of the courts, Kerber offers readers a convincing argument for equal treatment under the law.\n

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Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl

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ENSTK

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9780809073849

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1

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