The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in America
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Whatever your political beliefs, if you are a woman, you must know what the law says about you.
The Boundaries of Her Body is the definitive history of the cycle of advances and setbacks that characterizes women's rights in America. Author Debran Rowland covers emotionally charged issues with thoughtful detail, offering insight into the strategies used by politicians and lobbyists to defeat long-standing law.
The defeat for women's rights is an emotional and often polarized debate:
- A debate over what a woman is
- What a woman ought to be
- And what a woman should, therefore, be allowed to do
Today, the future of women's rights is in jeopardy.
"If I had to guess at the future for women, I would say we stand to lose many more significant battles—and the rights that go with them—if we don't begin to abandon the niceties of a comfortable life with educated opinions and start waging the kind of aggressive, no-holds-barred guerrilla war that our opponents have been riding to victory."
—from the Epilogue to The Boundaries of Her Body
Rowland combines provocative arguments with exhaustive research and affirms that, in spite of advancements, the boundaries of women's bodies will continue to be a source of bitter contention in the law.
"Debran Rowland brilliantly argues the continuing inequality of women's rights in America with the most meticulous and comprehensive research in our times."
—Betty Friedan author of The Feminine Mystique
Debran Rowland
Debran Rowland is the author of The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in America (Sphinx 2004), which Publisher's Weekly called a "masterful treatise" in a starred review, and reviewers at the academic journal, Kirkus, applauded as an "[i]ndispensable source book for courses in women's studies..." Ms. Rowland is an attorney, a legal writer, a former journalist, and an artist. She earned her law degree at Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law. In addition to a law degree, Ms. Rowland holds a degree in English from Carleton College and an MA in cultural anthropology from Columbia University. Ms. Rowland has written for The Korea Times, New York; The New Pittsburgh Courier; Pittsburgh Press; the Chicago Tribune; and, the Commercial Appeal. Writing awards include Best News Feature, Chicago Association of Black Journalists, 1991, and the Robert L. Vann award for Best Print News Series, 1988. Legal honors for Ms. Rowland include the American Jurisprudence and Corpus Secundum awards and the 2005 Innovative Attorney Award from the Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law, Black Law Students Association. Legal articles written by Ms. Rowland have been published in AMERICAN LAW REPORTS (5th Series); Loyola University School of Law Public Interest Law Reporter (now Public Interest Law Review); and, the Illinois Bar Examiner. She has lived in India, where she taught English to "untouchable" children in a slum, and in Australia, where she covered the Constitutional Convention in 1998. In addition to writing, Ms. Rowland volunteers for two pro bono legal agencies in Chicago, where she has handled civil-rights based immigration appeals and "women-important" asylum claims and is always eager to do more if the case fits her expertise. Ms. Rowland is also lecturer with the caused-based agency, Creative Well, which has given her the opportunity to reach, talk and meet people around the country. Finally, Ms. Rowland has studied at the Art Student's League of New York. Her illustrations have been published in Al Dia newspaper in addition to other places. She is currently working on a children's book.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a thoroughly researched book about the politics of abortion and its evolution in America by a lawyer. I recommend this book to anyone who calls themselves prochoice, or even prolife. It does have a bias, but not as much as some other books on abortion that I have read. It is fairly long though, so if you are looking for a short book on the issue, I recommend other books out there.