Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

"Thomas writes with precision and grace (and a lovely lack of jargon) about ten cases that established the full reach and scope of Title VII." ―The Boston Globe

Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But that simple phrase didn't mean much until ordinary women began using the law to get justice on the job—and ...