Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

ISBN: 1250138086

Author: Thomas, Gillian

Condition: New

One of The New York Timess 10 Books to Read for Womens History MonthGillian Thomas's Because of Sex tells the story of how one law, our highest court, and a few tenacious women changed the American workplace forever. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act revolutionized the lives of Americas working women, making it illegal to discriminate because of sex. But that simple phrase didnt mean much until ordinary women began using the law to get justice on the job-and some took their fights all the way to the Supreme Court. These unsung heroines victories, and those of the other women profiled in Because of Sex, dismantled a Mad Men world where women could only hope to play supporting roles, where sexual harassment was just the way things are, and where pregnancy meant getting a pink slip.