Rebels at the Bar : The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America's First Women Lawyers /

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In this book, a legal historian recounts the life stories of a small group of nineteenth-century women who were among the first female attorneys in the United States. Beginning in the late 1860s, these determined rebels pursued the radical ambition of entering the then all-male profession of law. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Norgren, Jill
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Juristin
Women lawyers.
HISTORY > United States > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
Avocates > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Avocates > États-Unis > Biographies.
Women lawyers > United States > History > 19th century.
Women lawyers > United States > Biography.
USA
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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