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Reasoning from Race Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution

Serena Mayeri

Informed in 1944 that she was “not of the sex” entitled to be admitted to Harvard Law School, African American activist Pauli Murray confronted the injustice she called “Jane Crow.” In the 1960s and 1970s, the analogies between sex and race discrimination pioneered by Murray became potent weapons in...

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This book chronicled the journey of Paulie Murray, noting that if not for her race and sexuality, she might have received more recognition for her legal ideas sooner.

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And this is all chronicled in a terrific book called Reasoning from Race by Serena Mayeri who is a legal historian at the University of Pennsylvania.

— Episode: The Ghost of Phyllis Schlafly

Episode: The Ghost of Phyllis Schlafly

This book chronicled the journey of Paulie Murray, noting that if not for her race and sexuality, she might have received more recognition for her legal ideas sooner.

"

And this is all chronicled in a terrific book called Reasoning from Race by Serena Mayeri who is a legal historian at the University of Pennsylvania.

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