Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work / G...
Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work / G...
Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work / Gillian Thomas.
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Publisher
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
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G 2016/711
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English
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Physical content
xi, 291 pages ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Women and children last : Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corporation (1971) -- Breaking through the thin blue line : Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977) -- Live long(er) and prosper : City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart (1978) -- A hostile environment : Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vin...
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Publisher
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"The 1964 Civil Rights Act is best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, but it also revolutionized the lives of American women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But Congress gave little guidance about how much it wanted to change in a "Mad Men" world where women played mainly supporti...
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Because of sex : one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women's lives at work / Gillian Thomas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/711
Record Identifier
74VKzgeQDRyg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzgeQDRyg
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ISBN
1137280050 (hardback)
9781137280053 (hardback)
DDC
344.73014133
MMS ID
991023510689702626
