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Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces a panel discussion hosted by the Manuscript Division on October 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. EDT, titled, "Center Court: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the Supreme Court."
Posted in: Collections, Event, Federal Judiciary, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article explores the lives of women in the prohibition era, during which some women became public drinkers, bootleggers, and Prohibition agents for the first time.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
A post about Swedish Queen Christina abdicating her throne and converting to Catholicism .
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This Women’s History Month, we look back to women who worked to advance women’s suffrage. One such notable figure is Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin, who worked to advance the rights of Native peoples and women, particularly Indigenous women. Born in 1863 in Pembina, North Dakota as a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Native Americans, Women's History
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Sarah discusses a display of children’s books about the six women who have served as justices of the United States Supreme Court.
Posted in: Collections, Federal Judiciary, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
Today's blog post is part two of yesterday's post on the history of the American bar exam and explores the pioneers who broke through the discriminatory barriers over time.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer González
On June 15, 1869, Arabella Belle Mansfield took the bar examination for the state of Iowa and and later that year became the first woman admitted to a state bar in the United States.
Posted in: Law Library, Women's History