Western Women Lawyers

Western states have led the nation in women's suffrage and in the admission of women to the bar. However, examination of the life of Clara Shortridge Foltz, the first woman lawyer in the Ninth Circuit district, shows the problems faced by women lawyers, many of which persist to this day. Foltz...

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Published in:Stanford law review 1993-07, Vol.45 (6), p.2179-2186
Main Author: Babcock, Barbara Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attorneys
College admission
Commentary
Foltz, Clara Shortridge
Gender equality
History
Juries
Men
Personal profiles
Voting rights
Women
Women attorneys
Women lawyers
Womens history
Womens rights
Womens suffrage movements
Working women
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Summary:Western states have led the nation in women's suffrage and in the admission of women to the bar. However, examination of the life of Clara Shortridge Foltz, the first woman lawyer in the Ninth Circuit district, shows the problems faced by women lawyers, many of which persist to this day. Foltz became a member of the California bar in 1878, but at the end of her career she lamented her inability, and that of women in general, to ascend to the top of the profession. Critical attitudes toward women practicing law have been among the factors which impeded their advancement.
ISSN:0038-9765
1939-8581
DOI:10.2307/1229143