The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-03
HER $4,000 FEE.
For Winning a Case New YORK
Woman Received That Amount.
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For winning q single case. Fannie Car
penter. q New York woman lawyer, mas
just received a fee half again as large as
the yearly salary Of the president OF the
United States.
Seventy-five thousand dollars was the
sum, and IL is the largest tee ever palo
TO a woman attorney. Indeed, the great
est corporation lawyers seldom reallhe
such a reward from one case
The fact that a case or sucn MAGNITUDE
was trusted to a woman, and that she
succeeded in winning IL. proves with WhdL
certain step the female disciples OF
Blackstone are taking their place before
the bar Of justice.
Mrs. Carpenter is a middle-aged. sensi-
bic. herd-headed. shrewd business woman
Her hair is gray and a serious Illness 4
few years ago compelled her TO have II
cut very short. She is five feet tall, ana
slight in proportion
So hard did she work in preparation for
and during the trial OF her big case tldI
she lost great deal of weight. and Is to-
day IN consequence much thinner ana
more fragile than she usually is
Mrs Carpenter Is native OF New Eng
land, and was brought up in the tenets OF
a strict New England religion
When she was about 10 years old her
parents went to California 20 five. and
she took a course at Mills college, at Al
media.
THAT was the greatest thing in my
life" said Mrs. Carpenter the other Gay
in her spacious apartments at the Wa
dorf- Astoria. The training that ] got
there. the discipline which was main
tanned and the lecturers who taught there
gave me an experience and knowledge
which / firmly believe ! could never have
acquired elsewhere in the same length or
time
After my college course was completed
my family moved to Hawaii ana / went
with them. 1t was there met Mr.. Car
afs 80 To- hFrf -
ly after our marriage We came 10 New
York 10 live.
THAT was twelve years ago. I belong
10 and am firm believer in women :
clubs, and those Of which 1 was mem
Der. together with some charities in which
I was interested. were my principal time
destroyers the first few years that we
lived here.
In 1896. however, ] made up my mind
that il was a good thing for woman TO
study a profession. and I therefore deter
mined to take a course in law. chose
law principally. I think. because It was
Mr.. Carpenters profession.
Il entered the law school Of New YORK
university and was admitted to the bar IN
1897. and have been pFacticing more or less
assiduousIy ever since. There is one point
over which I have been tremendously an
nOyed time and time again
There are but eighteen women in New
York who are members of the bar, but
there are possibly 1e9 or even 80 who, be
cause they have taken q course OF law
lectures at some college or other, feel that
they have a right 10 call themselves law
yers.
The eighteen women in New York who
have really been admitted to the bar have
formed a club. OF which 1 have the honor
to be president.
ITO what do you consider YOU owe your
great success, principally, Mrs. Carpen-
ter?''
To nothing so much as hard work IL
Is the only method by when one can
achieve success in anything. My practice
has all come to me voluntarily, for / have
never sought a single case.