Equality on trial : gender and rights in the modern American workplace
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016].
Physical Description
284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Casper College Library - Main Collection | KF3467 .T87 2016 | On Shelf |
Subjects
Library of Congress Subjects
Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sex discrimination in employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016].
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-272) and index.
Summary
"In 1964, as part of its landmark Civil Rights Act, Congress outlawed workplace discrimination on the basis of such personal attributes as sex, race, and religion. This provision, known as Title VII, laid a new legal foundation for women's rights at work. Though President Kennedy and other lawmakers expressed high hopes for Title VII, early attempts to enforce it were inconsistent. In the absence of a consensus definition of sex equality in the law or society, Title VII's practical meaning was far from certain. The first history to foreground Title VII's sex provision, Equality on Trial examines how the law's initial promise inspired a generation of Americans to dispatch expansive notions of sex equality. Imagining new solidarities and building a broad class politics, these workers and activists engaged Title VII to generate a pivotal battle over the terms of democracy and the role of the state in all labor relationships. But the law's ambiguity also allowed for narrow conceptions of sex equality to take hold. Conservatives found ways to bend Title VII's possible meanings to their benefit, discovering that a narrow definition of sex equality allowed businesses to comply with the law without transforming basic workplace structures or ceding power to workers. These contests to fix the meaning of sex equality ultimately laid the legal and cultural foundation for the neoliberal work regimes that enabled some women to break the glass ceiling as employers lowered the floor for everyone else. Synthesizing the histories of work, social movements, and civil rights in the postwar United States, Equality on Trial recovers the range of protagonists whose struggles forged the contemporary meanings of feminism, fairness, and labor rights"--Book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Turk, K. (2016). Equality on trial: gender and rights in the modern American workplace . University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Turk, Katherine. 2016. Equality On Trial: Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Turk, Katherine. Equality On Trial: Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Turk, Katherine. Equality On Trial: Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
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