Jill Hasday
@jillhasday.bsky.social
Law Professor, University of Minnesota. Constitutional Law • Family Law • Sex Equality. Three books—We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality, Intimate Lies and the Law, and Family Law Reimagined.
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Jill Hasday
@jillhasday.bsky.social
· Mar 13
I am delighted to report that today is publication day for my new book! In a nation whose Constitution purports to speak for “We the People,” too many of the stories that powerful Americans tell about law and society include only #WeTheMen. Check out my website for more information: jillhasday.com
On this day in 1975, Congress funded the 1977 National Women’s Conference, the first such conference the federal government had ever sponsored. The Conference mobilized for a wide-ranging agenda that sought “equal rights, equal status, and equal responsibilities with men.” #WeTheMen
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On this day in 1975, Congress funded the 1977 National Women’s Conference, the first such conference the federal government had ever sponsored. The Conference mobilized for a wide-ranging agenda that sought “equal rights, equal status, and equal responsibilities with men.” #WeTheMen
Betty Reid Soskin has died. As a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, she shared stories about women of color who faced both sex and race discrimination while working in WWII defense industries. Rest in Peace.
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Betty Reid Soskin, Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104
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December 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Betty Reid Soskin has died. As a park ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park, she shared stories about women of color who faced both sex and race discrimination while working in WWII defense industries. Rest in Peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Federal law requires that at least 1 commemorative quarter for the US 250th anniversary must celebrate women. But the Trump Administration scrapped plans to honor woman suffrage & Ruby Bridges desegregating her school. A pilgrim wife is the only woman on the new quarters. #WeTheMen
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December 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Federal law requires that at least 1 commemorative quarter for the US 250th anniversary must celebrate women. But the Trump Administration scrapped plans to honor woman suffrage & Ruby Bridges desegregating her school. A pilgrim wife is the only woman on the new quarters. #WeTheMen
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shorturl.at/MpUu4
On this day in 1855, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a public letter contending that establishing a wife’s right to refuse her husband’s sexual demands was even more important than suffrage: “The cause of woman” is a question “of human rights—the sacred right of a woman to her own person.” #WeTheMen
December 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On this day in 1855, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a public letter contending that establishing a wife’s right to refuse her husband’s sexual demands was even more important than suffrage: “The cause of woman” is a question “of human rights—the sacred right of a woman to her own person.” #WeTheMen
OTD in 1976, the Supreme Court decided Craig v. Boren. The all-male Court chose a trivial case with male plaintiffs—a challenge to Oklahoma’s sex-specific “near beer” law—to announce the standard the Justices would apply when scrutinizing sex-based laws under the Equal Protection Clause. #WeTheMen
December 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
OTD in 1976, the Supreme Court decided Craig v. Boren. The all-male Court chose a trivial case with male plaintiffs—a challenge to Oklahoma’s sex-specific “near beer” law—to announce the standard the Justices would apply when scrutinizing sex-based laws under the Equal Protection Clause. #WeTheMen
On this day in 1948, the Supreme Court decided Goesaert v. Cleary. The all-male Court upheld a 1945 Michigan law that prohibited women from bartending in larger cities, while the Justices proclaimed that there had been “vast changes in the social and legal position of women.” #WeTheMen
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On this day in 1948, the Supreme Court decided Goesaert v. Cleary. The all-male Court upheld a 1945 Michigan law that prohibited women from bartending in larger cities, while the Justices proclaimed that there had been “vast changes in the social and legal position of women.” #WeTheMen
On this day in 1820, Mary Livermore was born. She became an abolitionist & suffragist. She said: “Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.” #WeTheMen
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On this day in 1820, Mary Livermore was born. She became an abolitionist & suffragist. She said: “Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.” #WeTheMen
On this day in 1979, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Nearly every nation has ratified CEDAW, although they do not always honor it in practice. The U.S. signed CEDAW in 1980, but the Senate has not ratified it. #WeTheMen
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On this day in 1979, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Nearly every nation has ratified CEDAW, although they do not always honor it in practice. The U.S. signed CEDAW in 1980, but the Senate has not ratified it. #WeTheMen
On this day in 1760, Deborah Sampson was born. During the Revolutionary War, she disguised herself as a man and joined the Patriot forces. She became the only woman to earn a full military pension for service in the Revolutionary Army. #WeTheMen
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Biography: Deborah Sampson
Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man and joined the Patriot forces during the American Revolution. She was the only woman to earn a military pension for participation in the Revolutionary army.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
On this day in 1760, Deborah Sampson was born. During the Revolutionary War, she disguised herself as a man and joined the Patriot forces. She became the only woman to earn a full military pension for service in the Revolutionary Army. #WeTheMen
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The law’s treatment of intimate deception reflects and reinforces society’s values. Until the middle of the 20th century, courts were willing to grant annulments to white people allegedly deceived into marrying someone who was not white. #IntimateLies
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A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation
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December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The law’s treatment of intimate deception reflects and reinforces society’s values. Until the middle of the 20th century, courts were willing to grant annulments to white people allegedly deceived into marrying someone who was not white. #IntimateLies
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
On this day in 2025, a statue of Barbara Rose Johns replaces Robert E. Lee at the U.S. Capitol. In 1951, Johns led a walkout protesting conditions at her segregated VA high school. The case became part of Brown, which struck down laws requiring racially segregated schools. #WeTheMen wapo.st/3MwSBJE
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
On this day in 2025, a statue of Barbara Rose Johns replaces Robert E. Lee at the U.S. Capitol. In 1951, Johns led a walkout protesting conditions at her segregated VA high school. The case became part of Brown, which struck down laws requiring racially segregated schools. #WeTheMen wapo.st/3MwSBJE
On this day in 1873, women seized on the Boston Tea Party’s centennial as an opportunity to remind Americans that the revolutionaries had recognized “that taxation without representation was unjust tyranny.” Boston suffragists marked the centennial with a rally in Faneuil Hall. #WeTheMen
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
On this day in 1873, women seized on the Boston Tea Party’s centennial as an opportunity to remind Americans that the revolutionaries had recognized “that taxation without representation was unjust tyranny.” Boston suffragists marked the centennial with a rally in Faneuil Hall. #WeTheMen
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@jillhasday.bsky.social was quoted by @whyy.org in Philadelphia about a debate over whether a statue of former slave owner and Delaware founding father Caesar Rodney should be exhibited next year in Washington, D.C. as part of America’s 250th anniversary. z.umn.edu/ay8l
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@jillhasday.bsky.social was quoted by @whyy.org in Philadelphia about a debate over whether a statue of former slave owner and Delaware founding father Caesar Rodney should be exhibited next year in Washington, D.C. as part of America’s 250th anniversary. z.umn.edu/ay8l
Jo Ann Allen Boyce has died. She was one of the first black students to integrate a Jim Crow school. She wrote about the hate the group “faced daily when walking to school, while climbing the stairs to enter and, on a too frequent basis, in the school’s hallways.” RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
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December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Jo Ann Allen Boyce has died. She was one of the first black students to integrate a Jim Crow school. She wrote about the hate the group “faced daily when walking to school, while climbing the stairs to enter and, on a too frequent basis, in the school’s hallways.” RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
OTD in 1897, Margaret Chase Smith was born. She became the first woman elected to the House & Senate. She supported the ERA and fought McCarthy. In 1964, while running for president, she helped protect Title 7’s ban on sex discrimination in employment as the bill went through the Senate. #WeTheMen
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
OTD in 1897, Margaret Chase Smith was born. She became the first woman elected to the House & Senate. She supported the ERA and fought McCarthy. In 1964, while running for president, she helped protect Title 7’s ban on sex discrimination in employment as the bill went through the Senate. #WeTheMen
Fed'l law requires that at least 1 commemorative quarter for the 250th anniversary must celebrate women. But the Trump Admin scrapped plans to honor woman suffrage & Ruby Bridges desegregating her school. A pilgrim wife is the only woman on the new quarters. #WeTheMen
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
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December 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fed'l law requires that at least 1 commemorative quarter for the 250th anniversary must celebrate women. But the Trump Admin scrapped plans to honor woman suffrage & Ruby Bridges desegregating her school. A pilgrim wife is the only woman on the new quarters. #WeTheMen
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
On this day in 1971, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Roe v. Wade. Roe became the first decision where the Court recognized constitutional limits on legislative power over abortion and protected women’s access to abortion before viability. The Court overruled Roe in 2022. #WeTheMen
December 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On this day in 1971, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Roe v. Wade. Roe became the first decision where the Court recognized constitutional limits on legislative power over abortion and protected women’s access to abortion before viability. The Court overruled Roe in 2022. #WeTheMen
On this day in 1919, Colorado became the 22d state to ratify the 19th Amendment, which made sex-based disenfranchisement a violation of the federal constitution.
Colorado’s women had been enfranchised since 1893, when they won the vote through a state popular referendum. #WeTheMen
Colorado’s women had been enfranchised since 1893, when they won the vote through a state popular referendum. #WeTheMen
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
On this day in 1919, Colorado became the 22d state to ratify the 19th Amendment, which made sex-based disenfranchisement a violation of the federal constitution.
Colorado’s women had been enfranchised since 1893, when they won the vote through a state popular referendum. #WeTheMen
Colorado’s women had been enfranchised since 1893, when they won the vote through a state popular referendum. #WeTheMen
On this day in 2025, the Trump admin. has scrapped plans to issue quarters that would honor slavery’s abolition, woman suffrage & the civil rights movement. Instead, the mint’s quarters for 2026—the US 250th anniversary—will feature pilgrims & Founding Fathers. #WeTheMen
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Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On this day in 2025, the Trump admin. has scrapped plans to issue quarters that would honor slavery’s abolition, woman suffrage & the civil rights movement. Instead, the mint’s quarters for 2026—the US 250th anniversary—will feature pilgrims & Founding Fathers. #WeTheMen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Reposted by Jill Hasday
Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social appeared on @wccoradio.bsky.social’s Adam and Jordana Show to discuss presidential control over independent agencies.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social appeared on @wccoradio.bsky.social’s Adam and Jordana Show to discuss presidential control over independent agencies.
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On this day in 1869, women in Wyoming won the right to vote and hold office. Wyoming’s territorial legislators later changed their mind and attempted to repeal the woman suffrage law in 1871, but the governor vetoed the repeal bill. #WeTheMen
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On this day in 1869, women in Wyoming won the right to vote and hold office. Wyoming’s territorial legislators later changed their mind and attempted to repeal the woman suffrage law in 1871, but the governor vetoed the repeal bill. #WeTheMen
Are there any limits on the President’s authority to fire people leading executive agencies? Want to know more about yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argument in Trump v. Slaughter? I was on WCCO radio with Jordana Green. @wcconews.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Are there any limits on the President’s authority to fire people leading executive agencies? Want to know more about yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argument in Trump v. Slaughter? I was on WCCO radio with Jordana Green. @wcconews.bsky.social
www.audacy.com/podcast/adam...
www.audacy.com/podcast/adam...
On this day in 1906, Esther Peterson was born. As head of the Women’s Bureau, she helped push through the 1963 Equal Pay Act. She knew that equal pay was not the Kennedy administration’s “top priority.” The White House “helped me at certain times, but I’ve literally carried that bill up.” #WeTheMen
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
On this day in 1906, Esther Peterson was born. As head of the Women’s Bureau, she helped push through the 1963 Equal Pay Act. She knew that equal pay was not the Kennedy administration’s “top priority.” The White House “helped me at certain times, but I’ve literally carried that bill up.” #WeTheMen
In We the Men, I discuss the antifeminists who have followed Phyllis Schlafly’s playbook & insisted that America has left sex discrimination behind. This strategy makes it harder for anti-feminists to call out the sexism they experience in their own lives. #WeTheMen
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
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Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
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December 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In We the Men, I discuss the antifeminists who have followed Phyllis Schlafly’s playbook & insisted that America has left sex discrimination behind. This strategy makes it harder for anti-feminists to call out the sexism they experience in their own lives. #WeTheMen
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
On this day in 2025, Cora Weiss died. She was a key figure in Women Strike for Peace. She said: “You can march, you can protest, you can make phone calls, you can write letters. But education is the closest thing, I think, to a sustainable form of social change.” RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Cora Weiss, Lifelong Champion of Social Justice, Dies at 91
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December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On this day in 2025, Cora Weiss died. She was a key figure in Women Strike for Peace. She said: “You can march, you can protest, you can make phone calls, you can write letters. But education is the closest thing, I think, to a sustainable form of social change.” RIP www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...