Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911) is best known for condemning racial segregation in his dissent from Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, when he declared, “Our Constitution is color-blind.” But in other judicial decisions — as well as in some areas of his life — Harlan’s actions directly contradicted the essence of his famous statement. Similarly, Harlan was called the people’s judge for favoring income tax and antitrust laws, yet he also upheld doctrines that benefi...

**A New York Times BestsellerFrom an award-winning historian, the fascinating tale of the 20th-century women who taught America how to dress“A tribute to a time when style—and maybe even life—felt more straightforward, and however arbitrary, there were definitive answers.” —Paris Review**As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally an...

An interdisciplinary effort of scholars from history, women’s studies, and family and consumer sciences, Remaking Home Economics covers the field’s history of opening career opportunities for women and responding to domestic and social issues. Calls to “bring back home economics” miss the point that it never went away, say Sharon Y. Nickols and Gwen Kay—home economics has been remaking itself, in study and practice, for more than a century. These new essays, relevant for a variety...

Rediscovered by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this unique account of life before, during, and after the Civil War was written by the wife of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, who played a central role in some of the most significant civil rights decisions of his era.“Remarkable . . . a chronicle of the times, as seen by a brave woman of the era.”—Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from the forewordWhen Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg began researching the h...