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turningpaigez's review against another edition
4.0
I read this for my Politics of Race, Class, and Gender class. It was very insightful and well written. I appreciated that legal aspect of it was relatively straightforward and easy to understand. The cases mentioned were emotional and did a good job of making me infuriated by the patriarchy. Overall great but I wish it included more gender inclusive arguments and I also think it could’ve benefited by including more dialogue on intersectionality.
literary_princess's review against another edition
3.0
Very revealing. But very dry reading - court case after court case, lots of legalese. Still gave me nightmares (literally) and made me furious. The US simply has to make equal rights a part of our Constitution; it's unthinkable that it's taken this long.
aemy's review
Because of this books (understandable) focus on constitutional law and SCOTUS cases I wish I had read it while taking constitutional law in college and writing my term paper on the ERA. I learned about Gonzales v Castle Rock for the first time in my life, despite going to high school in Castle Rock shortly after the Supreme Court case was litigated, and was incandescent with rage. I still firmly believe that the ERA should be fully ratified, but I wish the author had looked at the limits of constitutional law in establishing and preserving equal rights and dignity (considering the failures of the 13th/14th/15th amendments to fully protect the rights of Black people in America under the law and in the courts).
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