The first women lawyers : a comparative study of gender, law and the legal professions / Mary Jane Mossman.

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Oxford; Portland, Or. : Hart Publishing, 2006.

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26031

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Women lawyers.

Gender -- Ideas -- History.

Contents:

1. American pioneers: the first women lawyers

2. Women lawyers in Canada: becoming lawyers 'on the same terms as men'

3. 'Sound women' and legal work: the first women in law in Britain

4. Colonies of the British Empire: the first woman lawyer in New Zealand

5. The Empire and British India: the first Indian woman 'in law'

6. European connections: women in law and the role of Louis Frank.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1841135909

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xi, 329 p. ; ill.