Law

Born Before 20th Century:

• Belva Ann Lockwood, 1830-1917 (U.S.A.)
• Lelia J. Robinson, 1850-1891 (U.S.A.)
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• Kate Kane Rossi, 1854-1928 (U.S.A.)
• Catharine Gouger Waugh McCulloch, 1862-1945 (U.S.A.)
• Gail Laughlin, 1868-1952 (U.S.A.)
• Emily Murphy, 1868-1933 (Canada)
  Emily Murphy : Rebel by Christine Mander
• Annette Abbott Adams, 1877-1956 (U.S.A.)
• Josepha Abiertas, 1894-1929 (Philippines)
• Burnita Shelton Matthews, 1894-1988 (U.S.A.)
• Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, 1898-1989) (U.S.A.: PA, DC, NC)
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Born 20th Century:

• Bella Abzug (U.S.A.: NY)
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• Aduke Alakija (Nigeria, Great Britain)
• Louise Arbour (Canada)
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  Statement by Justice Louise Arbour
• Nora Astorga (Nicaragua)
• Charlene Barshefsky (U.S.A.)
• Dorothy von Beroldingen (U.S.A.)
• Rose Elizabeth Bird (U.S.A.)
  Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird Dies; Supreme Court to Hold Memorial Session, Dec. 1999
  Creative Quotations from Rose Elizabeth Bird
• Jane Matilda Bolin (U.S.A.: MA, NY)
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• Hillary Rodham Clinton (U.S.A.: IL, AR, DC, NY)
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  Senator Clinton's Official Website
  It Takes a Village : And Other Lessons Children Teach Us by Hillary Rodham Clinton
  The First Lady : A Comprehensive View of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Peter Flaherty, Timothy Flaherty
• Marian Wright Edelman (U.S.A.: SC, MS, DC)
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  "Standing Up For The World's Children: Leave No Child Behind" (Gifts of Speech)
  The Measure of Our Success : A Letter to My Children and Yours by Marian Wright Edelman
  Marian Wright Edelman : The Making of a Crusader by Beatrice Siegel
• Sonia Pressman Fuentes (Germany, U.S.A.: NY, FL, MD)
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S.A.)
• Annie Gutierrez (U.S.A.)
• Patricia Roberts Harris (U.S.A.: IL, DC)
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  Postal stamp
• Barbara Charline Jordan (U.S.A.: TX)
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  More about Barbara Jordan
  Barbara Jordan : American Hero by Mary Beth Rogers
  Barbara Jordan: The Biography by Austin Teutsch et al.
• Beverley McLachlin (Canada)
• Constance Baker Motley (U.S.A.: CT, NY)
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  Constance Baker Motley : Civil Rights Leader and Judge
• Pauli Murray (U.S.A.: MD, NY, NC)
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  Pauli Murray : The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest and Poet by Pauli Murray
  Proud Shoes : The Story of an American Family (Black Women Writers Series) by Pauli Murray
• Ruth Reardon O'Brien (U.S.A.)
• Sandra Day O'Connor (U.S.A.)
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  Sandra Day O'Connor (American Women of Achievement) by Peter William Huber
• Janet Reno (U.S.A.)
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  The Attorney General Through Janet Reno (All the President's Men and Women) by John Hamilton, Bob Italia
• Gladys Towles Root (U.S.A.)
• Edith Sampson (U.S.A.: PA, IL)
• Sarah Weddington (U.S.A.)
  Fairfield County Weekly: Roe v. Wade
  A Question of Choice by Sarah Weddington
• Bertha Wilson (Canada)