Published June 8, 2005
Published on June 8, 2005
[Editor’s Note: The following excerpts are taken from a document called “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law,” written by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Brenda Feigen Fasteau as a report of the Columbia Law School Equal Rights Advocacy Project in September 1974. Links to download the report — either specific pages or the entire document — appear below.]
Cover
Excerpt from “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Cover Only [PDF format, 11 kb]
1. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Prostitution:
Excerpt from “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – p72 [PDF format, 45 kb]
2. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Segregating Prisoners by Sex
Excerpt from “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – p75 [PDF format, 30 kb]
3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Rights of Bigamists
Excerpt from “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – pp190-1 [PDF format, 48 kb]
4. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Boy Scouts
Excerpt from “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – p131 [PDF format, 45 kb]
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
Excerpt from “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg – p133 [PDF format, 28 kb]
COMPLETE REPORT
Click below to download the entire document. Please note: it is a large file and will take some time to download.
Complete text of “The Legal Status of Women under Federal Law” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
[PDF format, 7 megabytes]