03470nam 2200625Ia 450 991081943380332120240417035557.00-7914-8887-X0-585-47319-6(CKB)111087027854238(OCoLC)61367609(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587130(SSID)ssj0000263228(PQKBManifestationID)11221908(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263228(PQKBWorkID)10272464(PQKB)10452484(OCoLC)53219610(MdBmJHUP)muse5858(Au-PeEL)EBL3407932(CaPaEBR)ebr10587130(DE-B1597)683642(DE-B1597)9780791488874(MiAaPQ)EBC3407932(EXLCZ)9911108702785423820020212d2002 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTwo paths to equality Alice Paul and Ethel M. Smith in the ERA debate, 1921-1929 /Amy E. Butler1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (179 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5320-0 0-7914-5319-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-161) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- “To the Victor Belong the Spoils” -- From Charity Organization to Militant Protest -- “[S]ome Group of Women Must Keep on Developing the Power of Women as a Class” -- “Women’s Biggest Battle is Yet to be Fought” -- The ERA v. Women’s Minimum Wage -- Two Paths to Equality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexIn Two Paths to Equality, Amy E. Butler provides a fascinating portrait of two of the major adversaries in the 1920s' battle over equal rights legislation for women in the United States—Alice Paul and Ethel M. Smith. While they shared the goal of full political and legal equality for women, they differed on how best to achieve it. Paul, the author of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and leader of the National Woman's Party, fought to establish that women were the same as men under the law. Smith, legislative secretary of the National Women's Trade Union League and a recognized leader of the opposition to the ERA, believed the ERA did not adequately consider the impact of class and economic differences in women's lives and consequently would sacrifice the interests of one group of women to another. Smith and Paul's conflict is a telling story of the inextricable relationship between personal politics, collective action, and the intersection of law and culture on the social construction of gender. Comparing their perspectives on equality creates a new understanding of the people and issues at stake in the ERA debate.Equal rights amendmentsUnited StatesHistoryWomen's rightsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and government1919-1933Equal rights amendmentsHistory.Women's rightsHistory.323.3/4/097309042Butler Amy E.1965-1647232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819433803321Two paths to equality3994682UNINA