San Antonio College Library

"This new edition updates the first with a revised and a lengthier introduction, including new schoolroom and college controversies, an expanded chronology, new and updated biographical sketches and court cases, and an expanded section on law in schools and colleges. Recent studies and statistics, an updated and annotated listing of organizations, and current print and nonprint resources, including Internet sites, are also included. Students, legislators,...

The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: "No State shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court cited this clause in its decision requiring all states to license same-sex marriages. Was the Court's decision right?

"In 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed by conservatives and Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The tainting of Hill and her testimony is part of a larger social history in which women find themselves caught up in a system that refuses to believe what they say. Hill's experience shows...

Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why has the overall degree of sex segregation remained stable in this century? What informal barriers keep it in place? How do socialization and educational practices affect career choices and hiring patterns? How do family responsibilities affect women's work attitudes?...