sex discrimination against women

In this book, discover the background behind the issue of an equal chance for girls and woman. Follow the stories of four children from all around the world affected by this issue and what is being done to solve their problems.

Examines the people, events, and legal issues involved in the Supreme Court decision that banned sex discrimination by clubs, even private ones, that do business in the public arena.

Examines over seventy-five cases in which the Supreme Court has reviewed laws based on gender distinction, looking at rulings affecting women in a broad range of areas including employment, abortion, maternity leave, military service, and others; and includes profiles of plaintiffs.

Examines over seventy-five cases in which the Supreme Court has reviewed laws based on gender distinction, looking at rulings affecting women in a broad range of areas including employment, abortion, maternity leave, military service, and others; and includes profiles of plaintiffs.

Contains the first-hand stories of eleven women chosen by NASA to be the first women in space in 1959 and 1960 and explains why they were grounded in 1961 when the program was abruptly and mysteriously cancelled.

Presents the stories of sixty-five women from interviews taken over the course of five years that detail the conflicts of women in the working world, representing women on all rungs of the ladder of success.

Traces the development of the concept of gender equality, in simple text with illustrations, from its earliest beginnings in the Age of Enlightenment to the twenty-first century, including first-hand accounts of the people and events that change history.