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Rebels at the bar : the fascinating, forgotten stories of America's first women lawyers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Norgren, Jill
Format: eBook
Language:English
Subjects:
Women lawyers > United States > History > 19th century.
Women lawyers > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The women's war
  • White knights and legal knaves
  • Myra Bradwell : the Supreme Court says no
  • Lavinia Goodell : "A sweeping revolution of social order"
  • Belva A. Lockwood : the first woman member of the U.S. Supreme Court bar
  • Clara Foltz's story : breaking barriers in the west
  • Not everyone is bold : Mary Hall and Catharine Waugh McCulloch in conversation
  • Lelia Robinson and Mary Greene : two women from Boston University School of Law
  • Law as a woman's enterprise
  • Epilogue.