Philippa Strum

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Print: 4/15/2010; University Press of Kansas; 186 pages; 9780700617197.
(Audio: No)
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SUMMARY/EVALUATION:
Because we live in Westminster, and my husband lived there through much of his childhood/school years, and had not heard of this case, while working at Chapman University in 2006, my husband and I went to a Chapman event where several of the plaintiffs from this case came and talked about their ordeal. (Cool. The back of the book actually mentions this event.) When the postage stamp came out commemorating the case, my husband was probably first in line to buy a sheet, as well as a poster of it. And then there was even a subsequent event at the Aerospace Corporation where he works that he attended. So, when I spotted this book at the Newport Beach Friends of the Library book sale, I snatched it up for him . . .but then had to read it myself first. I’m sort of greedy that way.… (mehr)

Wonderful recounting of the Supreme Court dedcision that opened VMI to women. Focuses on the key players (Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Josiah Bunting) and others who fought to accomplish what each believed was right. Also looks at legal history of women's issues - good description of Frontiero Case for example and other pertinent cases. Looks at Sandra Day O'Conner's term on court, the friendship between her and Ginsburg, and the way they have been treated on the Court. Also looks at decisions of William Rhenquist. Looks at VMI as an institution, its history, the reactions of faculty and students to integration order. Looks briefly at what happened when the school was forced to take black cadets for the first time inthe 1960s.… (mehr)