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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Norgren, Jill
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Women lawyers > United States > Biography. Women lawyers > United States > History > 19th century.

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.