New-York tribune., 1899-07-25
THE STUDY OF THE LAW.
WOMEN ANXIOUS FOR THE FINAL DE-
CISION OF HARVARD.
SOME ADVICE GIVEN BY ocTAvIA WILLIAMS
BATES OF THE UNIVERSITY



Women interested in demanding increased advan-
tages for their in the study Of the law
snxiously awaiting the final decision Of Harvard
in allowing women TO attend courses in the Law
School While the faculty agreed 10 admit
dents graduated at Radcliffe College the Board Of
Trustees for Harvard has the power to rescind
the vote hence the disquietude Of the women
In spite Of opposition women in various States
are pushing 10 the front in legal requirements.
Octavia Williams Bates, Of Detroit, was the first
woman admitted 10 the University Of Michigan,
and her address The Study Of Law for Wom-
en-" given AT the International Council in London
the first Of this month. attracted unusual atten-
ton.
She stated that the number Of women who study
and practise In the United States is constantly
on the increase. The progress Of the movement for
the admission of to law schools. colleges
and universities reviewed. and the different
methods which women in the United States employ
10 gain a knowledge Of the law were described
Much stress was laid the fact that women Of
large means find that knowledge Of the law
is most helpful in the management OF their ousi-
ness affairs.
She claimed that simply a of intel
lectuaI discipline this study cannot be surpassed,
and that the calm. cool atmosphere Of judicial
reasoning a most healthful one for the mind
Not only IT OF great practical benefit, but 1t also
gives interest in the legal aspect OF affairs
One is aroused TO the Importance Of the great
questions OF the day. Ones sympathies are en-
larged Life becomes the richer for ones self and
for all with whom one comes In contact Inc
speaker dwelt upon the need OF the development
OF a public conscience in women and claimed that
q more general study OF the law by women would
do much 10 effect this. No woman who has any
bonds with the world Of fact and law and rights
can afTord be in total ignorance of the law
knowledge of the law by women will do much 10
solve the vexed question Of woman's position under
the law.
Ia1yv fO hpl
the woman movement pointed out. The
laws relating marriage and divorce. the care and
custody Of children. dover and domcile should,
she said be subjects for their especial study ana
criticism. Legislation on these subjects should De
intelligently discussed and jealousy watched.
Women should be awakened TO an intelligent In
terest in the external laws that govern the most
sacred relations Of life. They should aim 10 give
some expression in law TO the feminine SIDE OF
marriage divorce and other allied subjects. ana
help 10 formulate the laws that govern every reia-
ton OF life and permeate every home like an in
tangible invisible ever abiding presence. making
for the well being and the highest development OF
the members Of that home, or sapping and poison
ing the very springs Of national life
Mrs Minna stearns Fits. of Lynn. Mass, has re-
Gently received from Governor Wolcott her certih.
OF appointment as , SPiS "a 6,S,ias ~ Tns
This authorizes her 10 perform Ie 1ueeS o. dn,ies
as a Commissioner .,... ,,o.,.a % rrao,,sA
Law in PENNSYLVANIA was Miss Margaret a fllch-
srdsou, who has recently been admitted 70 the Da|
Miss ITkins is an Indian woman who is a sue
eessfu practising LAWYER She was gTSGqatee last
Indian school. At Oklahoma CITY she was ADMIT
ted 70 me bar and has found already an opening
for her labors. Miss Lykdns is q nan plooo ShaH-
ne her father having been brother OF the
amous chief Blue Jacket, and her mother whlte
Miss Ilva Hulburd Young is a resident OF Spring
and studied law at Cornell University, determined
10 make that profession regular ca4ling She mas
RECENTLY been admitted TO the bar OF Massachu u
settle and was the first woman TO win that honor
Miss Ioy.ss Christine Hnck. of Montclsir \. j.,
and Miss Beatrice May baum, or Newark. y j., ase
the TWO pioneer women IN the isga PloIess5CLI III
that State They have received the degree OF MAS
Ter Of Tsws from the law school Of the University
OF NeN-York also the degree OF Bachelor of Laws
from the university both having passed the exam
ins tons with high honors MISS M NAY Gs "a TIn oan
tn NAw-Jersey thus honored. In early life MISS
Einck studied for a number Of years at Stuttgart,
Germany. Later she entered the -iOIh ".
content with the honors received from these inst-
trtions she graduated from the New-Jersey buslIi
ness College where she received the Boiu theS-1
FOR excellence in penmanship and oookkeeplhg; ohs
is considered a thorough business woman Is an
experT typeyrriter and an accomplished musician
Miss Maybauuu comes from family OF lawyers
being daughter Of Levy Ma oaut lte - III ar,o
Of the credit insurance system Her carry t eauca.
ton impaired 10 her by governessstss &c &c
was graduated from the Norwood Schoo ana en-
tered vassar College She is familiar WIN GreSh s
years During 1893 she studied practical law IN
Newark offices and in the fall entered for her
masters degree. recently obtainee; Mlss @ ha3
Der of tbe Rav Palmer Club OF Newark; the Junior
Alumni Of the New-York University ana the
woman's Legal Educational Society OF this city