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Distinguished law and sociology professor Julie Suk builds off a century of momentum, telling the heroic stories of the women across the United States who protested, resisted, and persisted to establish their constitutional rights. The year 2020 marks the 100thanniversary of the passage of the 19thAmendment, guaranteeing womens constitutional right to vote.But how far have we really come? After the adoption and ratification of the 19thAmendment, a bold group of women proposed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was adopted by Congress nearly 50 years later, but failed to achieve ratification. In We the Women , Suk follows the rise of the ERA and details why constitutional change is still needed today.Despite significant gains, the fight for womens equality has forgotten the needs of working mothers and their children. Using fascinating cases throughout history, Suk explains hot-button issues such as pregnancy discrimination, violence against women, reproductive freedom, and the gender wage gap, while offering tools for revolution. Today, only 23.7 percent of elected officials in Congress are women. However, the rise of movements like the Womens March and #MeToo have united a

Author

Julie Chi-hye Suk

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated; Skyhorse

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781510755918