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| Khiara M. Bridges |
PREGNANCY AND THE CARCERAL STATE |
119 Michigan Law Review 1187 (April, 2021) |
Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood. By Michele Goodwin. Cambridge University Press. 2020. Pp. xiv, 323. $29.99. In December 2018, Marshae Jones was five months pregnant when she got into an altercation with another woman, Ebony Jemison, in the parking lot of a Dollar General store in Pleasant Grove, Alabama.... |
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| Jennifer Bennett Shinall |
PROTECTING PREGNANCY |
106 Cornell Law Review 987 (May, 2021) |
Laws to assist pregnant women in the workplace are gaining legislative momentum, both at the state and federal levels. Last year alone, four such laws went into effect at the state level, and federal legislation advanced farther than ever before in the House of Representatives. Four types of legislative protections for pregnant workers currently... |
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| Stewart Chang , Frank Rudy Cooper , Addie C. Rolnick |
RACE AND GENDER AND POLICING |
21 Nevada Law Journal 885 (Spring, 2021) |
C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 885 I. Unrest and the Question of Looting. 891 II. The Black Perspective on Looting. 898 III. Policing, Property, and White Patriarchy. 904 A. Christian Cooper: White Caller Crime. 905 B. Jannie Ligons: The Sexual Non-Privilege of Black Women. 910 C. Sandra Bland and Elijah Taylor: Suspicion, Policing, and the... |
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| Tracy Thomas |
RECLAIMING THE LONG HISTORY OF THE "IRRELEVANT" NINETEENTH AMENDMENT FOR GENDER EQUALITY |
105 Minnesota Law Review 2623 (June, 2021) |
The Nineteenth Amendment has been called an irrelevant amendment. The women's suffrage amendment has been deemed irrelevant as a constitutional authority and reduced to a historical footnote. As Supreme Court Justice John Harlan noted, The Nineteenth Amendment merely gives the vote to women. With that simple task accomplished, the amendment has... |
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| Judith Resnik |
REPRESENTING WHAT? GENDER, RACE, CLASS, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE IDENTITY AND THE LEGITIMACY OF COURTS |
15 Law & Ethics of Human Rights 1 (May, 2021) |
https://doi.org/10.1515/lehr-2021-2022 In 1935, when the U.S. Supreme Court's new building opened and displayed the phrase Equal Justice Under Law, racial segregation was commonplace, as were barriers limiting opportunities for men and women of all colors to participate in economic and political life. The justices on the Court and the... |
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| Arianne Shahvisi, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, a.shahvisi@bsms.ac.uk |
RESISTING WRONGFUL EXPLANATIONS |
19 Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 168 (February, 2021) |
In the 2017 series of the UK reality television show The Apprentice, a group of women discussed a sales strategy for maximizing the revenue of their burger stand in London's financial sector. Celebrity businessperson Karren Brady eavesdropped on their conversation. One contestant remarked that since the financial sector is male dominated, they... |
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| Megan Mallonee |
SELECTIVE JUSTICE: A CRISIS OF MISSING AND MURDERED ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN |
38 Alaska Law Review 93 (June, 2021) |
Across the country, Indigenous women are murdered more than any other population and go missing at disproportionate rates. This crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women is amplified in Alaska, where the vast landscape, a confusing jurisdictional scheme, and a history of systemic racism all create significant barriers to justice for Alaska... |
2021 |
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| Todd A. DeMitchell, Ed.D, Christine Rienstra Kiracofe, Ed.D., Richard Fossey, J.D., Ed.D., Nathan E. Fellman, M.Ed., Ed.S. (ABD, Ph.D.) |
SKIRTS, YES, PANTS, NO: GENDER SPECIFIC DRESS CODES, AND "ANCIENT AND ABSURD CUSTOMS"? PELTIER v. CHARTER DAY SCHOOL, INC. |
393 West's Education Law Reporter 471 (November 11, 2021) |
No, this is not 1821 or 1921. It's 2021. Women serve in combat units of our armed forces. Women walk in space and contribute their talents at the International Space Station. Women serve on our country's Supreme Court, in Congress, and, today, a woman is Vice President of the United States. Clothing once considered taboo is now permitted as more... |
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| Michelle S. Jacobs |
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T DIE: CAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM MEASURES HELP HALT POLICE SEXUAL ASSAULT ON BLACK WOMEN? |
44 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 251 (Spring, 2021) |
In the eighteen months between March 2019 and August 2020, at least eight Black women were murdered by the police. Breonna Taylor was one of them. Officer Brett Hankison, one of the three officers who murdered Breonna Taylor, was eventually discharged from the Louisville Police Department. In the memo discharging him, the police chief cited... |
2021 |
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| Kimberly Mutcherson |
TAKING OUR SPACE: WOMEN OF COLOR AND ANTIRACISM IN LEGAL ACADEMIA |
73 Rutgers University Law Review 869 (Spring, 2021) |
[I]f I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. Space--physical and metaphorical--is at the center of the collection of essays by women of color law professors and deans in this volume. The authors wrote their essays in contemplation of a roundtable discussion held virtually at... |
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| Hayley Hahn |
TERMITES IN THE MASTER'S HOUSE: ABORTION RAP AND FLORYNCE KENNEDY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO RACIAL AND GENDER JUSTICE |
107 Virginia Law Review Online 48 (January, 2021) |
[N]ever . take any shit from anyone. This attitude guided radical Black feminist Florynce Flo Kennedy's life and advocacy. Contemporaries recognized Kennedy as an outspoken activist for the rights of African Americans, women, sex workers, and members of the LGBT community. In this way, Kennedy united social movements with divergent agendas.... |
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| Brianna N. Banks |
THE (DE)VALUATION OF BLACK WOMEN'S BODIES |
44 Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 329 (Spring, 2021) |
In recent years, the tragic stories of Chrystul Kizer and Cyntoia Brown have entered the national stage. Their stories, and many others, have brought the devaluation of Black and brown women's bodies in the criminal justice system to the forefront of American discourse. Through their stories, this paper analyzes Black women's place in society from... |
2021 |
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| Tsedale M. Melaku |
THE AWAKENING: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19, RACIAL UPHEAVAL, AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION ON BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS |
89 Fordham Law Review 2519 (May, 2021) |
Concrete barriers have always played a significant role in preventing Black lawyers from reaching the coveted position of partner in law firms. These barriers include an inability to gain initial access of entry into firms, the lack of professional development and training, and being shut out of networking opportunities and sponsorship. Compounded... |
2021 |
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| Alena M. Allen |
THE EMOTIONAL WOMAN |
99 North Carolina Law Review 1027 (May, 2021) |
The emotional woman is nonexistent in the common law, but the reasonable man is an indelible figure. Conceptions of reasonableness permeate nearly every aspect of the law while emotion is largely absent. The reasonable man determines negligence. Reasonable minds determine whether a contract has been formed. Reasonable doubt stands between freedom... |
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| Elizabeth A. Brown |
THE FEMTECH PARADOX: HOW WORKPLACE MONITORING THREATENS WOMEN'S EQUITY |
61 Jurimetrics Journal 289 (Spring, 2021) |
As biometric monitoring becomes increasingly common in workplace wellness programs, there are three reasons to believe that women will suffer disproportionately from the data collection associated with it. First, many forms of biometric monitoring are subject to gender bias, among other potential biases, because of assumptions inherent in... |
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| Loren Jacobson |
THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FEMALE LISTENER |
51 New Mexico Law Review 70 (Winter, 2021) |
When the Supreme Court has considered whether laws that affect women's decisions about their health and bodies violate the Free Speech Clause, it has ignored the informational needs of the very women that such laws regulate. I argue that, instead, the Supreme Court should value women's informational and decision-making needs and properly place them... |
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| Soundous Bouchouar |
THE FUTURE IS . ROBOT? WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE, AUTOMATION, AND TAX POLICY |
42 Women's Rights Law Reporter 220 (Spring/Summer, 2021) |
In 2017, the University of Phoenix released an ad depicting a single mother of two working at a manufacturing company. As time passes, employees are replaced by machines, and eventually, the mother is laid off. One day, the mother finds the motivation to sign up and take courses at the University of Phoenix. She goes on to graduate with a degree in... |
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| Kyle C. Velte |
THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT AS A GENERATIVE TOOL FOR DEFEATING LGBT RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS |
105 Minnesota Law Review 2659 (June, 2021) |
In the summer of 1920, women gained the right to be free from discrimination in voting when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. One hundred years later, in the summer of 2020, LGBT people gained the right to be free from discrimination in the workplace when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County that sexual orientation and... |
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| Elizabeth Stout , Andrea Mancuso , Lucia Chomeau Hunt |
THE PROTECTION FROM ABUSE STATUTE SHOULD BE PROTECTED |
36 Maine Bar Journal 124 (2021) |
January 25, 2021, saw Maine's first domestic violence homicide of the year, a murder suicide in New Sharon. On March 10, 2021, a domestic violence incident resulted in a hostage standoff in Livermore Falls. March 27, 2021, brought news of a murder of a woman in York Beach; the father of her child has been arrested. Every year, approximately half of... |
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| Melanie Randall |
THE SHACKLED SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM: TRAUMA, RESISTANCE, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE VIOLATIONS OF AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN |
39 Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality 317 (Summer, 2021) |
L1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 318 I. Widening the Lens: State Failures and Violence Against Indigenous Peoples and Women in Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand. 323 A. The Sexual and Physical Assault Perpetrated Against Angela Cardinal. 334 B. The Preliminary Inquiry. 336 i. The First Layer of Violation: Stigmatizing Ms. Cardinal as a... |
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American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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| Michelle Y. Ewert |
THEIR HOME IS NOT THEIR CASTLE: SUBSIDIZED HOUSING'S INTRUSION INTO FAMILY PRIVACY AND DECISIONAL AUTONOMY |
99 North Carolina Law Review 869 (May, 2021) |
The anti-Black racism that has permeated public benefits programs and federal housing policy for over a century persists in subsidized rental housing. Public housing authorities (PHAs) impede the ability of tenants--who are disproportionately Black women--to change household composition as their family situations change. PHAs routinely take... |
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| Charlotte Franklin |
TITLE IX ADMINISTERS A BOOSTER SHOT: THE EFFECT OF PRIVATE DONATIONS ON TITLE IX |
16 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 145 (Spring, 2021) |
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities. Since its enactment, Title IX has dramatically increased interscholastic and intercollegiate athletic opportunities for women and girls. Despite indisputable progress since Title IX's enactment,... |
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| Rachel DiBenedetto |
TO SHATTER THE GLASS CEILING, CLEAN THE STICKY FLOOR AND THAW THE FROZEN MIDDLE: HOW DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS IN THE CAREER PIPELINE PERPETUATES THE GENDER PAY GAP |
29 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law 151 (2021) |
I. Introduction. 152 II. If the Law Differentiated Between People on the Basis of Sex, Then How Will Men and Women Ever Become Equals?. 159 A. Congress Created the Right to Sue. 160 B. The Supreme Court Acknowledged Gender Pay Inequity. 168 III. Gender Pay Disparities in Controlled Groups. 171 A. Workplace Discriminatory Practices. 172 B. Latent... |
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| Lindsey Webb |
TRUE CRIME AND DANGER NARRATIVES: REFLECTIONS ON STORIES OF VIOLENCE, RACE, AND (IN)JUSTICE |
24 Journal of Gender, Race and Justice 131 (Spring, 2021) |
In the United States, white people have long told both overt and veiled narratives of the purported danger and criminality of people of color. Sometimes known as danger narratives, these gruesome accounts often depict the kidnapping, assault, and murder of white women at the hands of men of color. These narratives have been used to promote and... |
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| Haley C. Carter |
UNDER THE GUISE OF "DUE PROCESS": SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE IMPACT OF TRUMP'S TITLE IX REGULATIONS ON WOMEN STUDENTS OF COLOR |
36 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 180 (2021) |
Introduction. 181 I. Women Students of Color and Sexual Violence in Schools. 184 A. Reporting at Disproportionately High Rates. 184 B. Contributing Factors to Heightened Vulnerability. 186 II. Obama-Era Title IX Guidance on Sexual Violence. 187 A. Dear Colleague Letter: Sexual Violence. 188 B. Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence.... |
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| Allison M. Whelan |
UNEQUAL REPRESENTATION: WOMEN IN CLINICAL RESEARCH |
106 Cornell Law Review Online 87 (April, 2021) |
Introduction. 87 I. Historical Background. 89 A. Women's Underrepresentation in Clinical Research. 89 B. Women of Color as Unknowing or Unwilling Participants in Clinical Research. 94 1. James Marion Sims: The Father of Modern Gynecology. 95 2. Puerto Rico Contraception Trials. 97 3. Goldzieher Oral Contraceptive Study. 98 4. Henrietta Lacks. 99... |
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| Sahar Takshi |
UNEXPECTED INEQUALITY: DISPARATE-IMPACT FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE DECISIONS |
34 Journal of Law and Health 215 (April 28, 2021) |
Systemic discrimination in healthcare plagues marginalized groups. Physicians incorrectly view people of color as having high pain tolerance, leading to undertreatment. Women with disabilities are often undiagnosed because their symptoms are dismissed. Low-income patients have less access to appropriate treatment. These patterns, and others,... |
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| Alesha Hamilton |
UNTANGLING DISCRIMINATION: THE CROWN ACT AND PROTECTING BLACK HAIR |
89 University of Cincinnati Law Review 483 (2021) |
Imagine you send your six-year-old son to school for his first day of first grade. You dress him in a tie and a nice shirt and arrive at the school to meet his new teachers. He is bursting with excitement and on his best behavior. However, the school administrators say that your son cannot pursue his education that day--because of his hair. This is... |
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| Catherine M. Sharkey |
VALUING BLACK AND FEMALE LIVES: A PROPOSAL FOR INCORPORATING AGENCY VSL INTO TORT DAMAGES |
96 Notre Dame Law Review 1479 (March, 2021) |
Federal agencies adopt a uniform VSL (value of statistical life)--one that does not vary according to demographic characteristics--in conducting cost-benefit analyses in connection with regulatory policy decisions. In sharp juxtaposition, the use of race- and gender-based statistics on wages and work-life expectancy in calculating tort wrongful... |
2021 |
African/Black American |
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| Vanita Saleema Snow |
VEILING AND INVERTED MASKING |
36 Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice 115 (2021) |
Introduction. 115 I. The Identity Dichotomy. 120 A. Binary Gender Identity. 122 B. Black and African-American Women: Race Intersects with Gender. 128 C. Muslim Women: Religious Identity Intersects with Gender. 130 D. African-American Muslim Women: The Challenges of Identity Convergence. 134 II. Masking Identity. 135 A. Masking to Assimilate. 137 B.... |
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| Shaun Ossei-Owusu |
VELVET ROPE DISCRIMINATION |
107 Virginia Law Review 683 (June, 2021) |
Public accommodations are private and public facilities that are held out to and used by the public. Public accommodations were significant battlegrounds for the Civil Rights Movement as protesters and litigators fought for equal access to swimming pools, movie theaters, and lunch counters. These sites were also important for the Women's Rights... |
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| Njeri Mathis Rutledge |
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE: REFLECTIONS OF A BLACK FEMALE LAW PROFESSOR |
43 Campbell Law Review 233 (2021) |
In a sobering moment, I realized that my success (and that of many people of color) stems from our ability to normalize daily racism--Njeri Rutledge (2020) As a Black female law professor, I often walk an invisible tightrope, carefully avoiding any misstep for fear of falling. The problem of racism makes that tightrope particularly difficult. There... |
2021 |
African/Black American |
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| Melissa Tehee, Racheal Killgore, Sallie Mack, Devon S. Isaacs, Erica Ficklin |
WHEN JUSTICE DOES NOT WORK: A SOLUTION FOCUSED APPROACH TO VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN IN INDIAN COUNTRY |
36 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society 33 (Spring, 2021) |
INTRODUCTION. 34 I. VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN. 35 II. JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS. 36 A. Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country. 36 i. Federal Policy. 36 ii. Policing, Investigations, and Evidence Collection. 38 iii. High Rates of Federal Declination. 40 iv. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit (MMIWG2). 42 B. Civil... |
2021 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
Yes |
| Shannon Cumberbatch |
WHEN YOUR IDENTITY IS INHERENTLY "UNPROFESSIONAL": NAVIGATING RULES OF PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE ROOTED IN CISHETERONORMATIVE WHITENESS AS BLACK WOMEN AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING PROFESSIONALS |
34 Journal of Civil Rights & Economic Development 81 (Summer, 2021) |
Several years ago, I attended my first large-scale career fair as a recruiter where I screened a mass of aspiring lawyers for staff attorney positions at my legal organization. During our brief break from marathon interviewing, my white colleagues shut down their tables to enjoy their downtime and as I prepared to do the same, I looked up to find a... |
2021 |
African/Black American |
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| Kim Forde-Mazrui |
WHY THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WOULD ENDANGER WOMEN'S EQUALITY: LESSONS FROM COLORBLIND CONSTITUTIONALISM |
16 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 1 (Spring, 2021) |
The purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to those who drafted it and those who worked for nearly a century to see it ratified, is women's equality. The ERA may be on the cusp of ratification depending on congressional action and potential litigation. Its supporters continue to believe the ERA would advance women's equality. Their belief,... |
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| Kit Johnson |
WOMEN OF COLOR IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT |
21 Nevada Law Journal 997 (Spring, 2021) |
Immigration enforcement agencies are among the most racially diverse in federal law enforcement. More than half of all women holding law enforcement positions within immigration agencies are minorities, though the overall number of female agents is relatively small. This Essay focuses on women of color in immigration enforcement. It begins with a... |
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| Michele Goodwin |
WOMEN ON THE FRONTLINES |
106 Cornell Law Review 851 (May, 2021) |
This Article takes aim at the troubling and persistent disempowerment and invisibility of women generally, and particularly marginalized women of color even one hundred years after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. It observes how the persistence of sexism, toxically combined with racism, impedes full political, economic, and social... |
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| Shannon N. Morgan |
WORKING TWICE AS HARD FOR LESS THAN HALF AS MUCH: A SOCIOLEGAL CRITIQUE OF THE GENDERED JUSTIFICATIONS PERPETUATING UNEQUAL PAY IN SPORTS |
45 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 121 (Fall, 2021) |
The difference is the total amount of revenue. It's not a gender issue. It's a revenue issue. This was Mark Cuban's response when called out about the pay gap between men's and women's professional basketball players by Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Skylar Diggins-Smith. So often when the question, Why do male athletes... |
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| Benedetta Faedi Duramy |
#Metoo and the Pursuit of Women's International Human Rights |
54 University of San Francisco Law Review 215 (2020) |
IN THE PAST YEAR, high profile cases and the ensuing #MeToo movement have raised much attention on issues surrounding gender discrimination, violence against women, and sexual harassment in the workplace. In the United States, allegations of sexual assault and harassment spawned the deposition or resignation of prominent figures in the...; Search Snippet: ...Francisco Law Review 2020 Article #Metoo and the Pursuit of Women's International Human Rights Benedetta Faedi Duramy [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 By... |
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| Linda C. McClain |
A "Woman's Best Right"--to a Husband or the Ballot?: Political and Household Governance in Anthony Trollope's Palliser Novels |
100 Boston University Law Review 1861 (October, 2020) |
The year 2020 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 2018, the United Kingdom marked the one hundredth anniversary of some women securing the right to vote in parliamentary elections and the ninetieth anniversary of women securing the right to vote on the same terms as men....; Search Snippet: ...Law Review Boston University Law Review October, 2020 Article a Woman's Best Right--to a Husband or the Ballot?: Political And... |
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| Kaleena M. Beck |
A History of Women's Fight for Equality |
63-DEC Advocate 12 (November/December, 2020) |
This year marks the 100 anniversary of the passage of the 19 Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, the amendment that guaranteed and protected women's constitutional right to vote. With this monumental moment in history being celebrated, it is a good time to reflect on the personal and legal battles fought by women to...; Search Snippet: ...Legal History Society and Idaho Women Lawyers a History of Women's Fight for Equality Kaleena M. Beck [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 By... |
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| Nicole A. Cofer , Jami Cooper , Liz Stryker , Kala Sowers , Tanya Hunt Handley , Lee Murray Hall |
A Sisterhood of Advocacy |
2020-AUT West Virginia Lawyer 18 (Autumn, 2020) |
The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, second female justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court, once said, My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. 2020 is a year to celebrate the woman as her own person, independent and strong, as it marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th...; Search Snippet: ...2020 Cover Story a Sisterhood of Advocacy a History of Women's Involvement in West Virginia's Legal Landscape [Fn1] Nicole A. Cofer... |
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| Emily R. James |
A Woman's Vote: to Fear or Not to Fear |
63-DEC Advocate 22 (November/December, 2020) |
The 100 Anniversary of the 19 Amendment could not have landed on a more momentous year. As a young woman, looking at the United States through a 2020 lens, the anniversary is not only a victory to be celebrated, but also a stark reminder that the United States Constitution did not originally include gender and race equality. This anniversary...; Search Snippet: ...The Idaho Legal History Society and Idaho Women Lawyers a Woman's Vote: to Fear or Not to Fear Emily R. James... |
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| Kelly Dittmar |
Advancing Women's Political Power in the next Century |
100 Boston University Law Review 1665 (October, 2020) |
C1-2Contents Introduction. 1666 I. Reject a Single Story of Women's Political Past and Present. 1667 II. Make a Strong Case to Women for Candidacy and Office Holding. 1671 III. Address Structural Barriers to Women's Political Inclusion and Power. 1673 IV. Disrupt Gender Dynamics and Expectations in American Political Institutions. 1676 V. Advance...; Search Snippet: ...History and Future of Gender, Representation, and Citizenship Rights Advancing Women's Political Power in the next Century Kelly Dittmar [Fna1] Copyright... |
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| Serena Mayeri |
After Suffrage: the Unfinished Business of Feminist Legal Advocacy |
129 Yale Law Journal Forum 512 (1/20/2020) |
This Essay considers post-suffrage women's citizenship through the eyes of Pauli Murray, a key figure at the intersection of the twentieth-century movements for racial justice and feminism. Murray drew critical lessons from the woman suffrage movement and the Reconstruction-era disintegration of an abolitionist-feminist alliance to craft...; Search Snippet: ...January 20, 2020 Collection after Suffrage: the Unfinished Business of Feminist Legal Advocacy Serena Mayeri [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 the Yale Law... |
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| Mehwish Shaukat |
American Muslim Women: Who We Are and What We Demand from Feminist Jurisprudence |
31 Hastings Women's Law Journal 155 (Summer, 2020) |
It is time for feminist jurisprudence to recognize American Muslim women (AMW) as a distinct and agentic group. For too long, feminist discourse has victimized and objectified Muslim women. Our identities are constructed, deconstructed, and weaponized to suit third party needs; yet, our voices are rarely heard. When feminist legal theories...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Hastings Women's Law Journal Summer, 2020 Article American Muslim Women: Who We Are and What We Demand from Feminist Jurisprudence Mehwish Shaukat Copyright © 2020 by Uc Hastings College Of... |
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| W. Michael Schuster , R. Evan Davis , Kourtenay Schley , Julie Ravenscraft |
An Empirical Study of Patent Grant Rates as a Function of Race and Gender |
57 American Business Law Journal 281 (Summer, 2020) |
In this article we examine the rate at which patent applications are granted as a function of the inventor's race and gender. Empirical analysis of more than 3.9 million U.S. applications finds minority and women applicants are significantly less likely to secure a patent relative to the balance of inventors. Further analysis indicates that a...; Search Snippet: ...Of Patent Grant Rates as a Function of Race and Gender W. Michael Schuster [Fna1] R. Evan Davis [Fnaa1] Kourtenay Schley... |
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| Andy Carr |
Anger, Gender, Race, and the Limits of Free Speech Protection |
31 Hastings Women's Law Journal 211 (Summer, 2020) |
Individuals' mental states are relevant to many processes in America's legal system, from finding parties had consciousness of guilt to determining damages for tort victims' pain and suffering. Under the First Amendment, emotions are taken into consideration for assessing the boundaries of free speech rights. Among the essential emotions affecting...; Search Snippet: ...Law Journal Hastings Women's Law Journal Summer, 2020 Article Anger, Gender, Race, and the Limits of Free Speech Protection Andy Carr... |
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| Emily Chafa |
Arabella "Belle" Babb Mansfield |
59 No. 3 Judges' Journal 25 (Summer, 2020) |
Exactly 150 years later, in the very room where it happened, the Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys (I.O.W.A.) celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first woman admitted to practice law in the United States. On June 15, 1869, Arabella Babb Mansfield took the bar examination, passed, and was formally admitted to the Iowa bar. These events...; Search Snippet: ...Journal Summer, 2020 Feature Arabella Belle Babb Mansfield the First Woman Lawyer--celebrating Her Legacy Judge Emily Chafa Copyright © 2020 By... |
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| Jessica Szuminski |
Behind the Binary Bars: a Critique of Prison Placement Policies for Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming Prisoners |
105 Minnesota Law Review 477 (November, 2020) |
After police responded to a domestic dispute, arrestee Zack was held at Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia. When Zack arrived, he was forced to submit to an intrusive genital examination that was alleged to confirm his gender identity, was abused by correctional officers who taunted him for having a beard and then refused to give him...; Search Snippet: ...Critique of Prison Placement Policies for Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming Prisoners Jessica Szuminski [Fna1] Copyright © 2020 by Jessica... |
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