Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background and history. Introduction ; Men and women; female and male ; Matriarchy and patriarchy ; Always male privilege? ; Opposing voices ; Cross-dressing ; The rise of feminism ; The Women's Rights Movement in the United States: 19th Century ; The lost constituency ; The battle continues ; The Progressive Era ; The Women's Movement in the United States, 1920-1960 ; The second wave of feminism ; Third wave feminism ; A fourth wave of feminism? ; Conclusion
Problems, controversies, and solutions. Introduction ; The Equal Rights Amendment ; Biology as destiny ; The workplace and pay inequities ; Solutions ; Gender inequality in the professions ; Gender inequality in sports ; Sexual harassment ; Gender inequality today ; Men's movement
Perspectives. Introduction ; Who's disadvantaged? / by Sandy Becker ; It's time to fix STEM / by Kathleen Frost ; Teaching sex education in Zambia changed my perspective of feminism / by Emily Hirsch ; Gender inequality in medical research / by Carolyn Hoemann ; Beyond gender equality: creating equity for people of all genders / by Lila Leatherman ; The impact of mentoring / by Maeve McCarthy, Stephen Cobb, Claire Fuller, Paula Waddill, and Robin Zhang ; We need a reset / by Alyssa Kara Miller ; Intersectionality: a brief history / by Kimberly A. Probolus ; Micro-level gender inequality: a transgender man's perspective / by Jay Sorensen ; Gender equity: we're all in this together / by Marissa Williams and Martha Rampton
Profiles. Introduction ; Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) ; Margaret Brent (ca. 1601-ca. 1671) ; Center for American Women in Politics ; Christine de Pizan (1364-ca.1430) ; François Marie Charles Fourier (1772-1837) ; Betty Friedan (1921-2006) ; Institute for Women's Policy Research ; Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) ; National Organization for Women ; National Women's Law Center ; Alice Paul (1885-1977) ; Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) ; Deborah Sampson (1760-1827 ; Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) ; Women's Bureau
Data and documents. Introduction
Data
Income Inequality by Sex in the United States, 1960-2016
Median Weekly Earnings of Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers by Detailed Occupation and Sex (in dollars)
Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's, by Age, for Full=Time Wage and Salary Workers, 1979-2017
Historical Summary of Higher Education Faculty: Selected Years, 1869-1970 through 2015-2016
Employment Status of Women and Men in the United States, 1978-2018 (in thousands)
Documents. The Holy Bible (Sixth Century BCE [?])
Aristotle on Women (Fourth Century BCE)
Early Christian Leaders
Taming of the Shrew (ca. 1593)
An act concerning Feme-Sole Trades (1718)
Coverture (1765)
Abigail Adams to John Adams (1776)
A vindication of the Rights of Women: with strictures on political and moral subjects (1792)
Suffrage laws
Declaration of sentiments, grievances, and resolutions (1848)
New York Married Women's Property Laws (1848)
Bradwell v. State, 83 U.S. 130 (1872)
Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1874)
In Re Lockwood, 154 U.S. 116(1894)
Muller, Plaintiff, in Error, v. the State of Oregon, 208 U.S. 412 (1908
We oppose woman suffrage (ca. 1916) Equal Pay Act of 1963
Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972
Cohen v. Brown University (1992)
Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (1999)
Chronology

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