This new series from Grey House offers in-depth, single volumes that follow the debate, or path, to a decision on a controversial topic as it evolved throughout history. Each volume offers a wide range of opinion essays and editorials, speeches, and journal articles and expert analysis. This volume tracks the changing national views on gender roles....

Introduction -- Historical timeline -- Citizenship & constitutional rights. From the Colonies to the U.S. : women ruled by patriarchs (1777) -- Seneca Falls, women & citizenship : sentiments of sisterhood (1848) -- Women's right to vote : the 19th Amendment (1920) -- State marriage bans : first state to ban discrimination based on gender (1993) -- Sexual nonconformity & changing policy. Homosexuality in colonial America : Thomas Jefferson's drastic measures (1778) -- Hirschfeld's studies : transforming gender and sexuality (1910, 1923) -- Homosexuality is not a mental illness : American Psychiatric Association reclassifies (1952, 1973) -- In the workplace. Women wartime workers : new gender norms (1917, 1944) -- Title IX : gender discrimination in education (1972) -- Phillips v. Martin Marietta : gender discrimination in the workplace (1973) -- Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson : sexual misconduct in the workplace (1986) -- Repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" : LGBTQ service members now openly serve (2010) -- Military ban against women lifted : women no longer limited to non-combat roles (2013) -- Hillary Clinton runs for President : gender bias and American voters (2016) -- #Me Too Movement : sexual hierarchy and abuse (2016-2018) -- LGBTQ+ rights. The Stonewall Riots : birth of the Gay Rights Movement (1969) -- Supreme Court & sexual behavior : court rules to decriminalize same-sex behavior (2003) -- Transgender access to public bathrooms : fight for gender-neutral bathrooms (2013) -- Birth control & reproduction. Margaret Sanger's birth control clinic : the right not to reproduce (1916) -- Roe v. Wade : legalization of abortion (1973) -- Men's rights : anti-feminism and the Men's Rights Movement (1976, 2009) -- Marriage & parenting. Married women in early America : fight for property rights and child custody (1848) -- The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act : no-fault divorce (1970) -- Transgender marriage : legalization of marriage based on gender identity (1976) -- the Violence Against Women Act : married or not, violence against women is a crime (1994) -- Adoption by same-sex couples : first state to allow same-sex couples to adopt jointly (1997) -- Joint Parenting Movement : shared custody becomes the norm (2017) -- Transgender parenting rights : in the best interess of the child (1973-2018) -- Conclusion : ideas about gender.