Sisters in law : women lawyers in modern American history
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0674006941
ISBN 13
9780674006942
Category
Women and the Law
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
xiv, 334 pages
Subject
Women and the Law
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Abstract
"More than any other profession women entered in the nineteenth century, law was the most rigidly engendered. Access to courts, bar associations, and law schools was controlled by men, while the very act of gaining admission to practice law demanded that women reinterpret the male-constructed jurisprudence that excluded them. This history of women lawyers--from the 1860s to the 1930s--defines the contours of women's integration into the modern legal profession." - Google books
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Contents:
Introduction
A sphere with an infinite radius
I was the only woman in a large school of men
Sweeter manners, purer laws
I think I haven't neglected my husband
Some of our best students have been women
Primarily for women
Woman's position in the profession
The golden age of opportunity for women
Girl lawyer has small chance for success
Appendix 1: The tables
Appendix 2: Sources and methods
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Introduction
A sphere with an infinite radius
I was the only woman in a large school of men
Sweeter manners, purer laws
I think I haven't neglected my husband
Some of our best students have been women
Primarily for women
Woman's position in the profession
The golden age of opportunity for women
Girl lawyer has small chance for success
Appendix 1: The tables
Appendix 2: Sources and methods
Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-328) and index.
Number of Copies
1
