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

Rebels at the Bar The Fascinating Forgotten Stories of America's First Women Lawyers
Author: Jill Norgren

"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 histo... more »rian 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, Norgen 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. Jill Norgren is Professor Emerita of Political Science at John Jay College, and the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. She is the award winning author of many articles and books, including Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President ( NYU Press, 2007); The Cherokee Cases; and American Cultural Pluralism and Law (with Serena Nanda).

ISBN-13: 9780814758625
ISBN-10: 0814758622
Publication Date: 3/11/2013
Pages: 272
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Publisher: NYU Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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History >> Americas >> United States
Law >> Legal Theory & Systems >> Legal History
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