Paula Monopoli
@profmonopoli.bsky.social
Distinguished University Professor and Sol & Carlyn Hubert Professor of Law
@UMDLaw
Feminist Legal History
SSRN Author Page
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@UMDLaw
Feminist Legal History
SSRN Author Page
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=340640
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On this day in 1892, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone & Isabella Beecher Hooker appeared before the House Judiciary Comm to support a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting sex-based disenfranchisement. Stanton emphasized women’s “birthright to self-sovereignty.” #WeTheMen
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
On this day in 1892, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone & Isabella Beecher Hooker appeared before the House Judiciary Comm to support a proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting sex-based disenfranchisement. Stanton emphasized women’s “birthright to self-sovereignty.” #WeTheMen
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On this day in 1793, Lucretia Mott was born. When the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention barred female abolitionists from participating, Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton decided to hold a woman’s rights meeting. 8 years later, they organized the Seneca Falls Convention in Seneca Falls, NY. #WeTheMen
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
On this day in 1793, Lucretia Mott was born. When the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention barred female abolitionists from participating, Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton decided to hold a woman’s rights meeting. 8 years later, they organized the Seneca Falls Convention in Seneca Falls, NY. #WeTheMen
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On this day in 1894, Burnita Shelton Matthews was born. She became a suffragist, lawyer, and advocate for repealing the thousands of laws that discriminated against women. She helped end women’s exclusion from juries in D.C. In 1949, she became the first female federal district judge. #WeTheMen
December 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On this day in 1894, Burnita Shelton Matthews was born. She became a suffragist, lawyer, and advocate for repealing the thousands of laws that discriminated against women. She helped end women’s exclusion from juries in D.C. In 1949, she became the first female federal district judge. #WeTheMen
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On this day in 1807, NJ disenfranchised women, people of color & aliens. NJ’s 1776 Constitution entitled “all Inhabitants” to vote if they met age, property & residency requirements. In 1807, however, the NJ Legislature specified that every voter had to “be a free, white, male citizen.” #WeTheMen
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On this day in 1807, NJ disenfranchised women, people of color & aliens. NJ’s 1776 Constitution entitled “all Inhabitants” to vote if they met age, property & residency requirements. In 1807, however, the NJ Legislature specified that every voter had to “be a free, white, male citizen.” #WeTheMen
Thanks for reposting this article @ldodd.bsky.social! Section 2 of the 19th authorizes Congress to enforce the 19th. While legislation was introduced in 1920, it was never enacted. It’s time for Dems to introduce such legislation as a defensive move. @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov
Important and very troubling overview about moves within the conservative movement that should be taken seriously. ⤵️
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for reposting this article @ldodd.bsky.social! Section 2 of the 19th authorizes Congress to enforce the 19th. While legislation was introduced in 1920, it was never enacted. It’s time for Dems to introduce such legislation as a defensive move. @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov
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This new painting will be at the Crane Estate art show this weekend in Ipswich, MA. Autumn Marsh, 20" x 20" encaustic on panel.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This new painting will be at the Crane Estate art show this weekend in Ipswich, MA. Autumn Marsh, 20" x 20" encaustic on panel.
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We’re thrilled to share that Paula A. Monopoli’s article in Volume 102 of Washington University Law Review was “highly recommended” by Professor Larry Solum on his Legal Theory Blog!
Please it here: wustllawreview.org/2025/09/02/a...
Please it here: wustllawreview.org/2025/09/02/a...
A “New” New Departure – Washington University Law Review
In the wake of enactment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, women’s rights activists embarked on an exercise in popular constitutionalism known as “the New Departure.” Frustrated by the failu...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Paula A. Monopoli’s article in Volume 102 of Washington University Law Review was “highly recommended” by Professor Larry Solum on his Legal Theory Blog!
Please it here: wustllawreview.org/2025/09/02/a...
Please it here: wustllawreview.org/2025/09/02/a...
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The result is generous, original, and fascinating—de-emphasizing the stories of the so-called Founding Fathers, and forwarding those of ordinary people, some of whom made constitutions of their own. We the People is also profoundly, indeed joyously, subversive.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/w...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/w...
Constitution in Progress
In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The result is generous, original, and fascinating—de-emphasizing the stories of the so-called Founding Fathers, and forwarding those of ordinary people, some of whom made constitutions of their own. We the People is also profoundly, indeed joyously, subversive.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/w...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/w...
Honored to give a scholars lecture on Women and the U.S. Constitution @constitutionctr.bsky.social in Philadelphia.
October 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Honored to give a scholars lecture on Women and the U.S. Constitution @constitutionctr.bsky.social in Philadelphia.
“A ‘New’ New Departure” has been “highly recommended” on the Legal Theory Blog.
Monopoli on Women’s Rights and Popular Constitutionalism
Paula A. Monopoli (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted A "New" New Departure (102 Washington University Law Review 1961 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the a…
legaltheoryblog.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“A ‘New’ New Departure” has been “highly recommended” on the Legal Theory Blog.
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Monopoli on Women's Rights and Popular Constitutionalism, buff.ly/uNwud41 - Paula A. Monopoli (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted A "New" New Departure (102 Washington University Law Review 1961 (2025)) on SSRN.
Monopoli on Women's Rights and Popular Constitutionalism
Paula A. Monopoli (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted A "New" New Departure (102 Washington University Law Review 1961 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In the…
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September 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Monopoli on Women's Rights and Popular Constitutionalism, buff.ly/uNwud41 - Paula A. Monopoli (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted A "New" New Departure (102 Washington University Law Review 1961 (2025)) on SSRN.
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Make no mistake - the firestorm over Tylenol and autism is deeply related to the abortion debate and the larger conversation about the "responsibilities" of American motherhood and women's status.
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Make no mistake - the firestorm over Tylenol and autism is deeply related to the abortion debate and the larger conversation about the "responsibilities" of American motherhood and women's status.
Honored to be named Distinguished University Professor @umaryland.edu
September 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Honored to be named Distinguished University Professor @umaryland.edu
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Cast of characters countdown to pub day, number 45: Madeleine Doty, author and journalist, specialist in prison reform and pacifism; egalitarian marriage to Roger Baldwin in 1919. #TheRadicalFund
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Cast of characters countdown to pub day, number 45: Madeleine Doty, author and journalist, specialist in prison reform and pacifism; egalitarian marriage to Roger Baldwin in 1919. #TheRadicalFund
On this 105th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification, it says much about the state of our democracy that some in government are tacitly endorsing repeal of the 19th - ratification of which scholars have described as the largest single expansion of democracy in our nation‘s history.
August 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
On this 105th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification, it says much about the state of our democracy that some in government are tacitly endorsing repeal of the 19th - ratification of which scholars have described as the largest single expansion of democracy in our nation‘s history.
On the 105th anniversary of ratification of the only sex-equality amendment we’ve got, check out #JulieSuk on new constitutional paths forward. #Enforcethe19th.
“Even if we formally have the right to vote and we formally have equality,” legal scholar Julie Suk explains in the first episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, “the entire infrastructure by which women have been excluded from real participation in decision making and power, that continues.”
'Misogyny Is a System': Julie Suk Wants to Reimagine U.S. Institutions—and Build a Democracy of Equality
'Misogyny Is a System': Feminist Scholar Julie Suk Wants to Reimagine U.S. Institutions — and Build a Democracy of Equality
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August 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
On the 105th anniversary of ratification of the only sex-equality amendment we’ve got, check out #JulieSuk on new constitutional paths forward. #Enforcethe19th.
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By looking back at these historical sources that preserve both the struggles and the determination of American immigrant women to have their voices heard, we can shine a light on the challenges facing our democratic process today
Thread by Erin Wiebe
Thread by Erin Wiebe
August 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
By looking back at these historical sources that preserve both the struggles and the determination of American immigrant women to have their voices heard, we can shine a light on the challenges facing our democratic process today
Thread by Erin Wiebe
Thread by Erin Wiebe
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I'm getting super excited about my upcoming solo show at Blue Door Gallery in York, Maine. The opening is in 6 weeks: Sept 13, 5-9 pm. Hope to see you there if you live in the area!!
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This new collection of encaustic landscapes is loaded with color and texture.
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#maineart #painting #encaustic
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This new collection of encaustic landscapes is loaded with color and texture.
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#maineart #painting #encaustic
August 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm getting super excited about my upcoming solo show at Blue Door Gallery in York, Maine. The opening is in 6 weeks: Sept 13, 5-9 pm. Hope to see you there if you live in the area!!
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This new collection of encaustic landscapes is loaded with color and texture.
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#maineart #painting #encaustic
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This new collection of encaustic landscapes is loaded with color and texture.
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#maineart #painting #encaustic
“This year we saw the first decline in two decades of women in the House of Representatives, which I find really shocking, and it’s due to all those constraints in our polarized, rigid system. The only way that we’re really going to address that and tackle that is to change the electoral system.”
The @representwomen.bsky.social founder laid out how reforms like ranked-choice voting could double women’s representation in politics in the first episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward.
‘We Need to Shift Who Has Power in This Country’: Cynthia Richie Terrell Knows How We Can Cultivate Gender Balance in Politics - Ms. Magazine
‘We Need to Shift Who Has Power in This Country’: Cynthia Richie Terrell Knows How We Can Cultivate Gender Balance in Politics
msmagazine.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“This year we saw the first decline in two decades of women in the House of Representatives, which I find really shocking, and it’s due to all those constraints in our polarized, rigid system. The only way that we’re really going to address that and tackle that is to change the electoral system.”
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On this day of 1976, the first female midshipman arrived to begin training at the U.S. Naval Academy. Congress ordered the academy to stop excluding women, after women filed suit in 1973. #WeTheMen
July 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
On this day of 1976, the first female midshipman arrived to begin training at the U.S. Naval Academy. Congress ordered the academy to stop excluding women, after women filed suit in 1973. #WeTheMen
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On this day in 1913, women in Illinois won the right to vote for President, the first such victory east of the Mississippi River. Illinois preserved other sex-based disenfranchisement until the 19th Amendment’s ratification in 1920. #WeTheMen
June 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On this day in 1913, women in Illinois won the right to vote for President, the first such victory east of the Mississippi River. Illinois preserved other sex-based disenfranchisement until the 19th Amendment’s ratification in 1920. #WeTheMen
Some news.
Six Named to 2025 Cohort of Distinguished University Professors - The Elm
The highest faculty honor at UMB recognizes not just excellence, but also impact and significant contribution to the professor’s field, knowledge, profession, and/or practice.
elm.umaryland.edu
June 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Some news.
A great day at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law graduation where we were inspired by @sifill.bsky.social profound call for our students to hew closely to their oath as attorneys and frame a new chapter in our constitutional republic.
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May 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A great day at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law graduation where we were inspired by @sifill.bsky.social profound call for our students to hew closely to their oath as attorneys and frame a new chapter in our constitutional republic.