American Civil Liberties Union

Women's Rights:
The ACLU's Women's Rights Project was co-founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through litigation, community outreach, advocacy and public education, WRP empowers poor women, women of color and immigrant women who have been victimized by gender bias and face pervasive barriers to equality. Learn more about the WRP.

Womens Rights : Education : Publications

Sex-Segregated Schools: Just the Facts (05/14/2008)

Boys' Brains v. Girls' Brains: What Sex Segregation Teaches Students (05/14/2008)

Venus and Mars in Separate Classrooms? (06/01/2007)
Emily J. Martin, Deputy Director of the ACLU Women's Rights Project, discusses a growing trend in sex-segregated public education in the Spring 2007 issue of F.A.W.L. Journal, a publication of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers.

Letter to Harvard President Larry Summers (01/27/2005)
The Women's Rights Project joined with other organizations to call on Harvard President Larry Summers to rescind his recent statements that implied women's under representation in the math and sciences is due to innate differences.

Ask Sybil Liberty About Your Right to Equality in Education (12/31/1997)
ACLU's resident expert, Sybil Liberty, answers common questions about students' rights from a student point of view.

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