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In spite of lip service paid to domestic duties, in 1881 the Census excluded women’s household chores from the category of productive work and, for the first time, housewives were classified as unoccupied.
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― The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business
― The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business
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Armed with 1,200 pages of evidence of sex discrimination complied by Dr. Sandler, but concerned that the ERA might be a NO, they pushed for something "smaller": the 37 words of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
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― The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives
― The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives