Sisters in law : women lawyers in modern American history
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Sisters in law : women lawyers in modern American history
Harvard University Press, 2001, c1998
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"First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2001"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-328) and index
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内容説明
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.
目次
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
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