The very presence of women in the law—normal as it may seem to us today—signals revolutionary change in a social order that for centuries entrusted control

The captivating story of how a diverse group of women, including Janet Reno and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, broke the glass ceiling and changed the modern legal profes

Includes lists of members of the association.

Ranging from the 1860s when women first sought entrance into law to the 1930s when most institutional barriers had crumbled, this book defines the contours of w

Explains the private and public aspects of the lives of twelve prominent women lawyers.