Why, according to Kessler-Harris, has it been so difficult to achieve gender equity in social policy in 20th Century America?
Please include
1) a brief explanation of separate spheres ideology and how it contributed to this problem;
2) an explanation of protective legislation for women including the reasons why women reformers sought it (and its implications for gender equity);
3) the most important ways the 1935 Social Security Act was gendered, and why women reformers supported that legislation;
4) what implications the 1946 Employment Act had for gender roles; and
5) how, when, and why the notion of fairness for women changed from difference to equality. Answer MUST be based on the Kessler-Harris book In Pursuit of Equity.