In pursuit of equity: women, men, and the quest for economic citizenship in 20th century America

Introduction

Responsibilities of life

Maintaining self-respect

Questions of equity

Principle of law but not of justice

What discriminates?

What's fair?

The Responsibilities of Life

The Mere Fact of Sex

A Practical Independence

A Man-Run Company

Marriage: A Defining Condition

Maintaining Self-Respect

Self-Help Is the Best Help

Have We Lost Courage?

A Sieve with Holes

A Foundling Dumped upon the Doorstep

Questions of Equity

Matters of Right

The Hardest Problem of the Whole Thing

They Feel That They Have Lost Citizenship

It Would Be a Great Comfort to Him

A Principle of Law but Not of Justice

Apportioning the Income Tax

More Than Money Is Involved

To Confer a Special Benefit on the Marital Relationship

What Discriminates?

How're You Going to Feel?

The President's Commission on the Status of Women

Calling into Question the Entire Doctrine of Sex

Equal Pay for Equal Work

What's Fair?

Constructing an Equal Opportunity Framework

Standing with Lot's Wife

Divided Women

At First Glance, the Idea May Seem Silly

History Is Moving in This Direction.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Responsibilities of Life; CHAPTER 2 Maintaining Self-Respect; CHAPTER 3 Questions of Equity; CHAPTER 4 A Principle of Law but Not of Justice; CHAPTER 5 What Discriminates?; CHAPTER 6 What's Fair?; Epilogue; Notes; Index.