Sisters In Law

Women Lawyers in Modern American History

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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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.Nineteenth-century women built a women lawyers' movement through which they fought to gain entrance to law schools and bar associations, joined the campaign for women suffrage, and sought to balance marriage and career. By the twentieth century, most institutional barriers crumbled and younger women entered the law confident that equal opportunity had replaced sexual discrimination. Their optimism was misplaced as many women lawyers continued to encounter discrimination, faced limited opportunities for professional advancement, and struggled to balance gender and professional identity.Based on rich and diverse archival sources, this book is the landmark study of the history of women lawyers in America.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-10-30
Mått156 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagHarvard University Press
ISBN9780674006942

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Introduction "A Sphere with an Infinite and Indeterminable 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: Tables Appendix 2: Sources and Methods Abbreviations Notes Index

Drachman brings a new and illuminating context to the often dry and literal examination of this area of case law (early cases where the courts resisted women's claims to practice law). In doing so, she adds greatly to the existing analyses by adding the personal dimension to the cases, revealing the lives of the women who brought the cases, the links with the campaigns for legislative changes and places the cases in the context of women's demands for equality in all aspects of public life, particularly the suffrage campaigns.