The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes - Joseph L. Smith
43. Does the Equal Protection Clause Cover Gender?
The U.S. Constitution in Five Minutes - Joseph L. Smith
Laura P. Moyer [+]
University of Louisville
Laura P. Moyer is an associate professor of political science at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on gender, race, and the judiciary.
Description
This chapter explores how the Constitution came to protect discrimination based on gender, even though the document only mentions women once in the context of voting rights. A key factor is the legal strategy used by the ACLU Women’s Rights Project that led to several crucial Supreme Court decisions.