On Account of Sex |
PREFACE |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
ABBREVIATIONS |
1 CONSOLIDATION AND STALEMATE, 1945–1960 |
1 The Equal Rights Amendment and the Ambivalent Legacy of World War II |
2 "Reasonable Distinctions": An Alternative to the ERA |
• | 3 "Specific Bills for Specific Ills": Equal Pay Legislation |
• | 4 Tokens of Presidential Esteem: Women Appointees |
2 MOVING AGAIN |
5 A New Frontier for Women: The Kennedy Administration |
6 The Equal Pay Act of 1963: Compromise and Victory |
3 THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN |
7 The PCSW Versus the ERA |
8 The PCSW and a Unified Agenda for Women's Rights |
4 BEYOND THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION |
9 A Model for Action |
10 A New women's Movement |
CONCLUSION POLITICAL STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES |
• | The Equal Rights Amendment |
• | Token Appointments |
• | The President's Commission on the Status of Women |
• | Possibilities and Limitations of Government Action |
• | Feminism |
• | Effective Strategies |
Appendix 1: Text of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 |
Appendix 2: Executive Order 10980 Establishing the President's Commission on the Stagus of Women |
Appendix 3: Members of the President's commission and Its Committees |
• | Committee on Civil and Political Rights |
• | Committee on Education |
• | Committee on Federal Employment |
• | Committee on Home and Community |
• | Committee on Private Employment |
• | Committee on Protective Labor Legislation |
• | Committee on Social Insurance and Taxes |
Notes |
ABBREVIATIONS |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
INDEX |