Carrie N. Baker is the Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Professor of American Studies and the Chair of the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. She has written four previous books, including The Women’s Movement Against Sexual Harassment and Fighting the US Sex Trade, and scores of peer-reviewed scholarly articles on gender, law, and social movements for women’s rights. She is a regular writer and contributing editor at Ms. magazine, covering reproductive rights, discrimination in employment and education, sexual harassment, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
