No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies by Linda K Kerber

No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies by Linda K Kerber

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.

Kerber, Linda K.: - Linda K. Kerber is the May Brodbeck Professor of History at the University of Iowa. Among her books are Women of the Republic and Toward an Intellectual History of Women. She has served as the president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Studies Association and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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ISBN 13	9780809073849
ISBN 10	0809073846
Title	No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies
Author	Linda K Kerber
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Year published	1999-09-01
Number of pages	432
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