Her honor
Subtitle: Rosalie Wahl and the Minnesota women's movement
By: Lori Sturdevant, with a foreword by Amy Klobuchar
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: St. Paul, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780873518062; 9780873519342
Subjects: Judges; Lawyers; Biography; Feminism; History
Description: While there is no single hero of the Minnesota women<U+2019>s movement, Rosalie Wahl, the first woman on the Minnesota Supreme Court, changed the way her fellow judges saw the cases they decided. A champion of both women<U+2019>s rights and civil rights, she brought new attention to the problems that faced women impoverished by divorce, women abused by their partners, and others who coped with poverty and discrimination. With sharp intelligence and hard work, Wahl herself had overcome childhood tragedy and a difficult marriage to become a defense attorney, a respected judge, and a mentor to many.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar; title: Introduction and acknowledgments; title: Among sturdy women; title: Feminism's price; title: More useful; title: "Libbers" and "Legalists"; title: Ready to soar; title: Wahl for justice; title: Seeking systemic change; title: Gender justice; title: Never discouraged, never done.