The 50 most influential women in American law
By: by Dawn Bradley Berry
Publisher: Lowell House; Contemporary Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Los Angeles; Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781565658189
Subjects: Women lawyers; Biography; Women judges; Women legislators; Women social reformers; Women; Legal status, laws; History; Social conditions
Other titles: Fifty most influential women in American law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Margaret Brent, 1601-1671; title: Arabella Babb Mansfield, 1846-1911; title: Elizabeth Ware Packard, 1816-1897; title: Belva Lockwood, 1830-1917; title: Myra Colby Bradwell, 1831-1894; title: Clara Shortridge Foltz, 1849-1934; title: Laura De Force Gordon, 1838-1907; title: Lyda Burton Conley, 1854?-1942?; title: Esther McQuigg Morris, 1814-1902; title: Lemma Barkeloo, 1848?-1870; title: Charlotte E. Ray, 1850-1911; title: Mary Gysin Leonard, 1850?-1920?; title: Mary Clyens Lease, 1850-1933; title: Ellen Spencer Mussey, 1850-1936; title: Lettie Burlingame, 1859-1890; title: Tiera Farrow, 1880-1971; title: Crystal Eastman, 1881-1928; title: Florence Ellinwood Allen, 1884-1966; title: Dorothy Kenyon, 1888-1972; title: Mabel Walker Willebrandt, 1889-1963; title: Carol Weiss King, 1895-1952; title: Margaret Chase Smith, 1897-1995; title: Eunice Hunton Carter, 1899-1970; title: Fanny Holtzmann, 1903-1980; title: Rachel Carson, 1907-1964; title: Gladys Towles Root, 1905-1982; title: Rosa Parks, 1913-; title: Cecelia Goetz, 1917-; title: Sola Mentschikoff, 1915-1986.; title: Florynce Kennedy, 1916-; title: Ruth Harvey Charity, 1920?-; title: Constance Baker Motley, 1921-; title: Shirley Chisholm, 1924-; title: Sandra Day O'Connor, 1930-; title: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-; title: Gloria Steinem, 1934-; title: Geraldine A. Ferraro, 1935-; title: Barbara Jordan, 1936-1996; title: Rose Elizabeth Bird, 1936-; title: Janet Reno, 1938-; title: Marian Wright Edelman, 1939-; title: Arlene Violet, 1943-; title: Patricia Schroeder, 1940-; title: Sarah Ragle Weddington, 1945-; title: Harriet Rabb, 1941-; title: Antonia Hernandez, 1948-; title: Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1947-; title: Linda Fairstein, 1948-; title: Nancy J. Mintie, 1954-; title: Marcia Clark, 1953-