Finding justice : a history of women lawyers in Maryland since 1642 / edited by the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia ; with contributions by Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon, the Honorable Diane O. Leasure, Andrea Leahy, Mitchelle R. Mitchell, Professor Jane C. Murphy and the Honorable Julie R. Rubin.
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Title
Finding justice : a history of women lawyers in Maryland since 1642 / edited by the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia ; with contributions by Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon, the Honorable Diane O. Leasure, Andrea Leahy, Mitchelle R. Mitchell, Professor Jane C. Murphy and the Honorable Julie R. Rubin.
Published
Staunton, VA : George F Thompson Publishing, in association with the Maryland Women's Bar Association Foundation and University of Baltimore Foundation, 2015.
Distributed
[Charlottesville] : Distributed by the University of Virginia Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
KF299.W6 F56 2015
Edition
First hardcover edition.
ISBN
1938086295
9781938086298
9781938086298
Description
351 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)898087529
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Gift
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Added Author
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Foreword / Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia
7
Preface and Acknowledgments / Andrea Leahy
9
Chapter Acknowledgments
15
Introduction / Honorable Julie R. Rubin
19
ch. 1
Against All Odds: Maryland's Earliest Women Attorneys / Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia
27
ch. 2
Etta Maddox: An Eternal Advocate for Maryland's Women, from Admission to the Bar to Access to the Ballot / Michelle R. Mitchell
45
ch. 3
The Role of Political and Social Movements on Women's Entry into the Legal Profession in Maryland, 1902--1920 / Jane C. Murphy
71
ch. 4
Women Lawyers in Community, 1920--1940 / Lynne A. Battaglia
91
ch. 5
African American Women Admitted to the Bar in Maryland, 1946--1974: Four Profiles in Public Calling / Phoebe A. Haddon
103
ch. 6
The Impact of Mentoring and Other Influences on the Career Development of Women Lawyers / Diane O. Leasure
125
ch. 7
In Their Own Words: Oral Histories of Maryland's Women Lawyers / Denise Shaffer
139
Appendix A
Biographical Information on the First Eight Women Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1902--1920
167
Appendix B
Historic Photographs of Courthouses in Maryland
169
Appendix C
List of Women Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1902--2014
173
Appendix D
List of Donors
269
Notes
271
Index
341
About the Editor and the Contributors
347
About the Book
351