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Two Law Profs Named to Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum’s...
Congratulations to Nadia Ahmad (Barry) and Mary Ziegler (UC Davis). Full announcement here.
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Virtual Summer Feminist Legal Theory Series–June 28 & Aug 2
2023 VIRTUAL SUMMER FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY SERIES Looking Back/Looking Forward: The Significance of Feminist Legal Theory June 28, 2023 and August 2, 2023 Pre-registration (here) required Zoom link to...
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Elizabeth D. Katz Wins Haub Law Emerging Scholar in Gender & Law Prize
Professor Elizabeth D. Katz of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law has been selected as the 2021-2022 Haub Law Emerging Scholar in Gender & Law for her paper Sex, Suffrage, and State...
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Does Feminist Legal Theory Matter to the Schlesinger Library? Or Smith? Or...
Earlier this week, Ms. Magazine published an article (here) revealing the somewhat surprising decision of the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University to decline the records of the Feminism and Legal...
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All In by @BillieJeanKing is a Fabulous Read
I just finished reading Billie Jean King’s memoir (written with Johnette Howard and Maryanne Vollers), All In. It’s a fantastic read for anyone interested in sports, second-wave feminism, Title IX,...
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Highlights of 37 Years of the Feminist Legal Theory Project
The latest newsletter (here) of the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Project at Emory University, spearheaded by Martha Fineman, highlights many of the contributions made over the last 37 years...
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13 Short Symposium Essays in Connection with “Are You There, Law? It’s Me,...
On April 9/10, 2021, the Columbia Journal of Gender & Law will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Judy Blume’s book, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and the 30th anniversary...
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Livia Gershon on How Women Lost Status in Saloons @JSTOR_Daily
From JSTOR: How Women Lost Status In Saloons, an article by Livia Gershon. Link here.
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Remarks of Zelle W. Andrews at Westchester Women’s Agenda Conference at Sarah...
Dr. Zelle Andrews, a graduate of Wheaton College and the University of Hawai’i, had a long career as an organizer and activist. She served as president of the New York State and Westchester chapters...
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#BLM Black Lives Matter’s Broad Reach
Earlier this months, the New York Times published an article Black Lives Matter May be the Largest Movement in History. Here is an excerpt: Four recent polls — including one released this week by...
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The Real History of the “Because of Sex” Language in Title VII
I had always heard that the adding of the “because of sex” language in Title VII was intended as a joke. Turns out the story is more complicated than that. Representative Howard Smith (D-Virginia)...
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Feminist Scholarship in “Made At NYPL” Exhibit @nypl
I recently visited the New York Public Library to see the exhibit Made at NYPL, a celebration of “a small by representative sample of original works that were produced using the Library’s unique and...
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New Book Announcement: “The Princeton Fugitive Slave” by Lolita Buckner...
Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss (SMU) has published her book, The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson (Fordham U. Press 2019). Here is the publisher’s description: James...
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@RebelCityPod on a Really, Really Important Scottish Feminist You Probably...
Via freelance journalist Alex Tiffin (@RespectisVital), I got pointed to the Rebel City Podcast, a podcast made in Glasgow by Paul Shields and Matt Diamond. On a recent episode, the podcast featured...
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Henderson on “The Intersectional Life and Times of Lutie A. Lytle”
Taja-Nia Y. Henderson (Rutgers) has published a new article in the Iowa Law Review: Lutie Lytle ‘I Shall Talk to My Own People’: The Intersectional Life and Times of Lutie A. Lytle, 102 Iowa L. Rev....
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A Review of a New Book On the Movement To Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
Linda Greenhouse reviews Marjorie J. Spruill’s new book Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2017) here, for the New York...
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SMU Interdisciplinary Conference: “Women’s Rights in America: From Early...
From colleagues at SMU’s Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute (including Feminist Law Prof Lolita Buckner Inniss): Join us in Dallas on Sept 22, 2017 for the launch of a three-year program that...
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Tait on “The Return of Coverture”
Tait on “The Return of Coverture” Allison Anna Tait (Richmond) has posted to SSRN her essay, The Return of Coverture, 114 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions (2016). Here is the abstract: Once, the notion...
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A New Blog Devoted To the History of Women Lawyers
A New Blog Devoted To the History of Women Lawyers Bari Burke, University of Montana School of Law, has launched a new blog, Montana’s Early Women Lawyers: Trail-Blazing, Big Sky Sisters-In-Law. Each...
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A Legislative History of Illegitimacy In British Columbia
A Legislative History of Illegitimacy In British Columbia Susan B. Boyd, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, and Jennifer Flood, Thorsteinssons LLP, have published Illegitimacy in British...
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