Education Amendments (1972), 134
Education Department, U.S., 148
Education of Shelby Knox, The (Knox), 159
egalitarianism, 106–7
Egypt, 211
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 47
elder caregivers, 201–2
elections, U.S.:
of 1946, 34
of 1960, 47–48, 48
of 1968, 108–9
of 1980, 157
of 1992, 149–50, 155–56
of 2012, 216–18
Ellickson, Katherine (Kitty), 31, 49, 63
El Paso, Tex., 96
Emerson, Barbara, 93, 96
Emory University, 178
employment, xix, xx, 11–12, 14, 26–27, 31, 34, 49–50, 55, 60, 73, 87–88, 93, 123–33, 168–69, 179–80,
184, 191, 192–203, 227, 228
empowerment, 24–25, 37, 40, 49–52, 59, 86, 88, 124, 130–31, 140, 169, 180, 218–19
Ensler, Eve, 138, 209
environmental issues, 89, 97, 100, 105, 174, 190
epingles (allowance), 87n
Episcopalians, 133
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), 60, 61–62, 128–29, 132, 147, 148, 157
Equal Pay Act (1963), 52–54, 53
“equal pay for equal work,” 37, 40 , 41, 50, 52–54, 98, 193
equal rights, xiv, xvi, xvii, xix–xx, 4, 5, 7, 9–12, 21, 22–23, 39–42, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 61–65, 90, 109–
10, 157, 165–66, 190, 213–14, 217, 229–31
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 9–12, 21, 39–42, 51, 55, 57, 61, 63, 109–10, 190
evangelical Christians, 133, 142
Executive Order 8802, 25
Executive Order 10980, 49, 55
Facebook, 174–75, 197, 203, 205, 210, 211, 216
Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), 25, 43–44
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (1938), 34, 58
Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department (UAW), 7
“false consciousness,” 82
Faludi, Susan, 157–58, 173
Family and Medical Leave Act (1993), 193, 194
family issues, 30–31, 99, 112
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (1984), 118
Farah Company, 96