Barred from the Bar: Women and Legal Education in the United States 1870-1890.

Weisberg, D. Kelly

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ERIC Number: EJ162610

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Publication Date: 1977

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Barred from the Bar: Women and Legal Education in the United States 1870-1890

Weisberg, D. Kelly

Journal of Legal Education, 28, 4, 485-507, 77

The legal and social rationale utilized for the exclusion of women from the profession is examined in this historical review. Contemporary discrimination is also noted. (LBH)

Descriptors: Access to Education, American Culture, Career Choice, College Admission, Cultural Context, Educational History, Females, Graduate Study, Higher Education, History, Legal Education, Professional Education, Sex Discrimination

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