Equality on Trial: Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace

by Katherine Turk

Book Overview

In 1964, as part of its landmark Civil Rights Act, Congress outlawed workplace discrimination on the basis of such personal attributes as sex, race, and religion. This provision, known as Title VII, laid a new legal foundation for women's rights at work. Though President Kennedy and other lawmakers expressed high hopes for Title VII, early attempts to enforce it were inconsistent. In the absence of a consensus definition of sex equality in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081222440X
• ISBN13: 9780812224405
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"