Rebels at the Bar

Name: Rebels at the Bar
Brand: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9781479835522
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The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America S First Women Lawyers

Автор: Jill Norgren

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

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"I read these stories of the first generation of women lawyers with awe and gratitude. We are all in...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Jill Norgren

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2016

страници

286

EAN

9781479835522

ISBN

1479835528

Enbook ID

09273312

Издател

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS

Теглоt

408

Размери

152 x 229 x 25

Пълно описание

"I read these stories of the first generation of women lawyers with awe and gratitude. We are all in their debt--and in Jill Norgren's, too, for recovering this forgotten history."--Linda Greenhouse, Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Senior Fellow, Yale Law School In Rebels at the Bar, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren 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. They were motivated by a love of learning. They believed in fair play and equal opportunity. They desired recognition as professionals and the ability to earn a good living. Through a biographical approach, Norgren presents the common struggles of eight women first to train and to qualify as attorneys, then to practice their hard-won professional privilege. Their story is one of nerve, frustration, and courage. This first generation practiced civil and criminal law, solo and in partnership. The women wrote extensively and lobbied on the major issues of the day, but the professional opportunities open to them had limits. They never had the opportunity to wear the black robes of a judge. They were refused entry into the lucrative practices of corporate and railroad law. Although male lawyers filled legislatures and the Foreign Service, presidents refused to appoint these early women lawyers to diplomatic offices and the public refused to elect them to legislatures. Rebels at the Bar expands our understanding of both women's rights and the history of the legal profession in the nineteenth century. It focuses on the female renegades who trained in law and then, like men, fought considerable odds to create successful professional lives. In this engaging and beautifully written book, Norgren shares her subjects' faith in the art of the possible. In so doing, she ensures their place in history.

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