No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies
eBook - ePub

No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies

Women and the Obligations of Citizenship

  1. 435 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies

Women and the Obligations of Citizenship

About this book

This 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.
An 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.

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Information

Publisher
Hill and Wang
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781466817241
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Gender & The Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Table of Contents
  4. PREFACE
  5. 1 - “NO POLITICAL RELATION TO THE STATE” CONFLICTING OBLIGATIONS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA
  6. 2 - “I AM JUST AS FREE AND JUST AS GOOD AS YOU ARE” THE OBLIGATION NOT TO BE A VAGRANT
  7. 3 - “WHEREVER YOU FIND TAXEY THERE VOTEY WILL BE ALSO” REPRESENTATION AND TAXES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  8. 4 - “WOMAN IS THE CENTER OF HOME AND FAMILY LIFE” GWENDOLYN HOYT AND JURY SERVICE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  9. 5
  10. EPILOGUE
  11. NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE LADIES
  12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  13. ALSO BY LINDA K. KERBER
  14. NOTES
  15. A NOTE ON SOURCES
  16. INDEX
  17. Copyright Page