Introduction: Toward a theory of women's legal history --

The masculinity of U.S. Constitutionalism --

Women and the American Revolution --

From British subjects to U.S. citizens --

Constitutional neglect, 1787-1872 --

Constitutional discrimination, 1872-1908 --

Constitutional protection, 1908-1963 --

Constitutional equality, 1963-1990 --

The limits of liberal legalism: marriage, divorce, pregnancy, and abortion --

The epitome of liberal legalism: the ERA and pornography --

Beyond liberal legalism: from equality to equity --

Appendix 1: Married women's property acts, 1800-1900 --

Appendix 2: 1848 Declaration of Sentiments --

Appendix 3: 1876 Declaration of Rights --

Appendix 4: Constitutional amendments --

Appendix 5: Summary of litigation and legislation, 1963-1990 --

Appendix 6: 1989 Declaration of Interdependence.