Philippa Strum
Autor(a) de When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
About the Author
Philippa Strum is senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, and professor emerita, City University of New York. Her many books Include Louis D. Brandeis: Justice for the People, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in biography.
Obras de Philippa Strum
When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) (1999) 37 cópias
Mendez V. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-american Rights (Landmark Law Cases and American… (2010) 12 cópias
Speaking Freely: Whitney v. California and American Speech Law (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) (2015) 5 cópias
On Account of Sex: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Making of Gender Equality Law (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) (2022) 4 cópias
American Arabs and Political Participation: Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the Division of United States… (2006) 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
Membros
Resenhas
Women in the barracks : the VMI case and equal rights de Philippa Strum
Wonderful recounting of the Supreme Court dedcision that opened VMI to women. Focuses on the key players (Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Josiah Bunting) and others who fought to accomplish what each believed was right. Also looks at legal history of women's issues - good description of Frontiero Case for example and other pertinent cases. Looks at Sandra Day O'Conner's term on court, the friendship between her and Ginsburg, and the way they have been treated on the Court. Also looks at decisions of William Rhenquist. Looks at VMI as an institution, its history, the reactions of faculty and students to integration order. Looks briefly at what happened when the school was forced to take black cadets for the first time inthe 1960s.… (mais)
Prêmios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Membros
- 147
- Popularidade
- #140,982
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 25