Constitutional Inequality: The Political Fortunes of the Equal Rights Amendment [Paperback]

Gilbert Yale Steiner (Author)

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In this brief, balanced account, Steiner surveys the history of the equal rights movement, beginning with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and early 20th-century developments. But he focuses primarily on recent events, the frenetic 15-year struggle to enact the ERA. The earlier campaigns, he observes, ran athwart trade union opposition, because of the belief that the ERA would end protective labor laws giving work-place advantages to women workers and of the indifference or hostility of successive presidents, Richard Nixon excepted. Then, as labor moved slowly toward endorsement of the ERA, came Roe v. Wade (1973) and the linkage with abortion and compulsory military service for women that prompts Steiner to be justifiably bearish about the amendment's future. Neutral in tone and careful in presentation, his book will be useful to anyone interested in the topic. Milton Cantor, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst

Copyright 1985 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr (May 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081578127X
• ISBN-13: 978-0815781271
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,731,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book on ERA, July 7, 2007

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This review is from: Constitutional Inequality: The Political Fortunes of the Equal Rights Amendment (Paperback)

This book was highly informative about what the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) was and why it failed in the United States. It's an overview of the subject but still very useful.