Women's History

By Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become an icon to millions. Her tireless fight for equality and women’s rights has inspired not only...

By Jill Norgren In Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts, for the first time, the life story of one of the nineteenth...

By N. E. H. Hull Just as the polls opened on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrived and filled out her “ticket” for the various candidates. But before it...

*Signed by Editor By Clare Cushman Since the publication of the first edition of "Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights in 2000", there have been significant developments both in the make...

*Signed Bookplate By Philippa Strum In June 2001, there was a decidedly new look to the graduating class at Virginia Military Institute. For the first time ever, the line of...

By Jane Sherron de Hart In this large, comprehensive, revelatory biography, Jane De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg’s passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality,...

*Signed Bookplate By Jonah Winter Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice...

By Sonia Sotomayor The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy...

By Jill Norgren In Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts, for the first time, the life story of one of the nineteenth...

By Lea VanderVelde More than a biography, the book is a deep social history that freshly illuminates some of the major issues confronting antebellum America, including the status of women,...

Hardcover/Softcover By Nichola D. Gutgold The Supreme Court is one of the most traditional institutions in America that has been an exclusively male domain for almost two hundred years. From...