Amanda Brennan

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Amanda Brennan is a PhD candidate in United States History at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her dissertation, “The History of ‘Having It All’: Black and White Women and Work-Life Balance from 1890-today” attends to the complex intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality while investigating ideals of working mothers. She holds an MA in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University.

Reproductive Justice

Abortion Rights and the Eugenic and Racist Origins of Having It All

By Amanda Brennan • May 10, 2022

As we await the high-stakes decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, state legislatures have been proposing and passing restrictions on access to abortion knowing that the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming months. On May 2, a leaked draft of a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito indicated… Read more →