I. Politics and Women's Pursuit of Equality

II. Defining Women's Politics

III. Distinguishing Sex from Gender

A. Roots of Women's Claims to Legal Equality
B. Patriarchy and Limits to Legal Equality

IV. The Second Path: The Fairness Doctrine

A. Separate Spheres Ideology
B. Separate and Unequal Becomes the Law
C. The Basis of Restricted Citizenship for Married Women

V. Feminism's Direct Challenge to Gender Relations

VI. Approaches to Feminism

A. Liberal Feminism
B. Radical Feminism
C. Marxist/Socialist Feminism
D. Global Feminism
E. Black Feminism
F. Ecofeminism
G. Gender Feminism

VII. Using Politics to Bring About Change

A. The Plan for this Book