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Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America's First Women Lawyers (2013)

di Jill Norgren

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An engaging history of women's rights and the legal profession in the nineteenth centuryLong before Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg earned their positions on the Supreme Court, they were preceded in their goal of legal excellence by several intrepid trailblazers. 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 womens 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.… (altro)
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Jill Norgren, in her upcoming book Rebels at the Bar, wants to shine a light on a forgotten corner of American history. While there are many woman law practitioners today, the mid-1800s saw the breaking of the barrier. America had come out of the Second Great Awakening with an interesting amount of education societies of which women were a large part. With newfound access to education (no thanks to men legislators and officials), they sought to work along side their male counterparts in many notable professions. This included the law. While lawyers were generally seen in the same way as we do today, well-meaning members of society thought the law to be a noble calling. Norgren’s book details the life and times of eight pioneering women in the field.

This book covers:
• Myra Bradwell—the first woman to be admitted to the Illinois bar. She founded the Chicago Legal News, a publication which compiled local and federal legal decisions.
• Lavinia Goodell—the first woman licensed to practice law in Wisconsin.
• Belva Lockwood—the first woman attorney licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Clara Foltz—the first woman licensed to practice law in California.
• Mary Hall—the first woman admitted to the Connecticut bar, whose licensure led to the first judicial decision explicitly stating that women were permitted to practice law.
• Catharine McCulloch—the first woman appointed as a justice of the peace in Illinois. She was notable for conducting marriage ceremonies wherein the word “obey” was omitted from the woman’s vows.
• Lelia Robinson and Mary Greene—the first two women to be admitted to the Massachusetts bar.

While each woman led different lives, there are similar undercurrents in each of their tales. They had to fight against public opinion which held that women should stick to domestic jobs and that they could not handle the brutality of criminal court. They were almost always involved in suffrage and women’s rights movements and advocated that the inclusion of women into the legal sphere would invariably lead to a better field of practice.

Norgren’s biographies are tidy but laden with legal back-and-forth. While historically complete, they are not terribly exciting. That said, however, the tales still have much I found interesting. After reading about civil rights violations in the American South, their plight seemed eerily familiar. These women were seen as disrupting the social order, as headstrong ruffians with nothing better to do but become rabble-rousers. All they wanted was to be was seen as full-fledged members of American society with all the rights and privileges they were entitled to. Norgren was right: they were forgotten—but only for a while. A dense and enlightening book. ( )
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An engaging history of women's rights and the legal profession in the nineteenth centuryLong before Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg earned their positions on the Supreme Court, they were preceded in their goal of legal excellence by several intrepid trailblazers. 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 womens 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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