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Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
256Overview
From award-winning author Karen Blumenthal, Jane Against the World takes a deep and passionate look at the riveting history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States—and how Roe v. Wade was only the beginning.
As the decision of Roe v. Wade continues to be challenged, the fight for reproductive rights is becoming more and more urgent—making Blumenthal’s eye-opening work even more crucial. Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal examines, in a straightforward tone, the root causes of the current debate around abortion and repercussions that have affected generations of American women.
This revealing book is the perfect tool to facilitate difficult discussions and awareness of a topic that is rarely touched on in school but affects each and every young person. It's also perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Deborah Heiligman.
This journalistic look at the history of abortion and the landmark case of Roe v. Wade is an important and necessary book.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781626721661 |
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Publisher: | Roaring Brook Press |
Publication date: | 02/25/2020 |
Sold by: | Macmillan |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 658,030 |
File size: | 70 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
About the Author
Karen Blumenthal (1959-2020) was a financial journalist and editor whose career included five years with The Dallas Morning News and twenty-five with The Wall Street Journal—where her work helped earn the paper a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks—before becoming an award-winning children’s non-fiction book writer.
Three of her books, Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, and Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition, were finalists for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.
Karen was also the author of Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (named a Sibert Honor Book), Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX (winner of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award), Tommy: The Gun That Changed America, Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend, and Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights.
Table of Contents
Prologue Jane 3
Part I Restrictions 8
Madame Restell 11
Margaret Sanger 29
A Crime 39
Sherri Chessen 53
Estelle Griswold 63
Part II Reform 78
Clergy 81
Right to Life 93
Repeal 107
Courts 125
Jane Roe 139
Jane Hodgson 149
Federal Court 157
Jane 165
Part III Roe v. Wade 176
Appeal 179
Briefs 189
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez 201
Deliberations 217
Roe, Again 235
Opinions 245
The Decision 257
Part IV After Roe 272
Politics 275
The Supreme Court, Again 279
Pushback 293
Restrictions 301
Epilogue 311
Glossary of Legal and Medical Terms 319
Timeline 323
Significant Supreme Court Cases on Abortion and Reproductive Rights 327
Acknowledgments 331
Bibliography 333
Notes 345
Photo Credits 367
Index 369