I am excited to spend March as a guest blogger for the Legal History blog. Thanks to Karen Tani and Dan Ernst for inviting me.
My posts will preview my latest book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality (Oxford University Press forthcoming March 13, 2025). The United States Constitution purports to speak for “We the People.” I wrote this book because too many of the stories that powerful Americans tell about law and society include only We the Men.
America’s dominant modes of forgetting about women help perpetuate women’s inequality, rationalizing the status quo, promoting complacency, and undercutting reform. I argue that remembering women’s stories more often and more accurately can help the nation advance toward sex equality.
Stay tuned for more posts. Let’s celebrate Women’s History Month—while it still exists.
