Sisters in Law: Women Lawyers in Modern American History
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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.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674006941
ISBN13:9780674006942
Release Date:October 2001
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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Americas Education & Reference Gender & the Law Gender Studies History Law Law Practice Legal Education Legal History Legal Profession Legal Reference Legal Theory & Systems Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Reference Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks Women in History Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
A friend purchased gave this book to me as a congragulatory gift upon my entrance into law school. Drachman's work is well-researched. Her prose is clear and concise, and the work is surprising easy to read. Drachman did a good job of weaving the threads of the stories of woman lawyers through various chapters without losing site of the overall theme. I highly recomend this work to any aspiring or actual female attorney, especially considering that the world of law is still male dominated.
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