By story about the first major spousal rape trial in America and the questions it raised about women’s rights that would reverberate for decades. Oregon v. Rideout directly inspired feminist activists, who fought state by state for marital rape laws, a battle that was not won in all fifty until 1993. Mixing archival research and new reporting on the activists battling in the courts, embodies vociferous debates about gender, sexuality, and power, while highlighting the damaging and inherent misogyny of American culture then and now. Read more.