Broadcast and Web Discussions of Equal
This discussion includes stories from Equal about some of the attorneys, including Wendy Webster Williams and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought in the 1970s to end discrimination against pregnant women.
August 13, 2009, Afternoon Magazine with Celeste Quinn, WILL, Urbana, IL This discussion focuses on how Equal illuminates Congressional jousting about why (or why not) to confirm Justice Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
Ruth Conniff, "Radical Feminists on the Court," The Progressive, 6/16/2009
"For all the outrage and umbrage generated by Judge Sonia Sotomayor's comment from a 2001 speech "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life," there has been precious little analysis of her conclusions. . . . To those who decried this point of view as racist, sexist, and patently false, there is no better rebuttal than Fred Strebeigh's new book, Equal: Women Reshape American Law." -- Ruth Conniff, "Radical Feminists on the Court," The Progressive, 6/16/2009
"The Supreme Court Is Short on Women, and Sotomayor's a Good Start: Fred Strebeigh speaks with U.S. News about his new book," U.S. News & World Report, 6/5/2009, interview by Andrew Burt
"The history of discrimination against women in the United States is long, complex, and shocking, Fred Strebeigh argues in Equal: Women Reshape American Law. Strebeigh, a widely published magazine writer and senior lecturer in the department of English at Yale University, spoke recently with U.S. News about the legal struggle for women's rights, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's impact on the Supreme Court, and the importance of appointing a woman to replace Justice David Souter."
Full conference, including talk by Fred Strebeigh and address delivered Vice President Joseph Biden, available as web video via Georgetown.
"Only thirty years ago, men outnumbered women in American laws schools by 20 to one. The nation's legal system also has treated the sexes differently in matters ranging from workplace discrimination to government compensation. We explore how activists have tried to reshape American law and open doors for women both inside and outside the courthouse."
(The section on Equal: Women Reshape American Law starts at minute 15 of the hour-long show and runs for about 20 minutes.)
"Fred Strebeigh’s compassionate and engrossing book celebrates the women who systematically removed historic legal roadblocks from our path." -- Wendy Kaminer
"Fred Strebeigh tells tells the story of the female lawyers to took on sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, and violence against women . . . ."
Full conference, including talk by Fred Strebeigh and keynote prepared by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, available as web video via Rutgers.