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"In Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers, legal historian Jill Norgren curates the oral histories of one hundred extraordinary American women lawyers who changed the profession of law. Many of these stories are being told for the first time. As adults these women were on the front lines fighting for access to law schools and good legal careers. They challenged established rules and broke the law's glass ceiling. Norgren uses these interviews to...
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"In Rebels at the Bar, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts the life stories of a small group of nineteenth century women who were among the first female attorneys in the United States. Beginning in the late 1860s, these determined rebels pursued the radical ambition of entering the then all-male profession of law. They were motivated by a love of learning. They believed in fair play and equal opportunity. They desired recognition as...
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Mary Crow novels volume 2
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Someone is killing federal judges. Eleven deaths in eleven months, some of the murders have been set up to look like accidents or illnesses, while others are clearly the work of skilled assassins. The November victim died so horrifically that even veteran law enforcement officials are stunned. Fearing that the next victim will be Judge Irene Hannah, friend and mentor of Mary Crow, the FBI enlists Mary's aid in protecting this distinguished jurist.
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Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time magazine as "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes," Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil rights and has won hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of abuse. She has taken on countless institutions to promote equality, including the Boy Scouts, the Friars Club, and the United States Senate. And as the attorney...
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Three women embark on a hellish journey in this electrifying novel of survival and friendship
Mary "Killer" Crow, the toughest young Cherokee prosecutor in Georgia, is heading home to North Carolina. There she plans to visit her mother's grave and hike with her two closest friends on the beautiful yet demanding wilderness trail she loved as a child.
But Mary has made a deadly enemy. Her most recent courtroom victory spurs a killer
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Mary Crow novels volume 4
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Atlanta prosecutor Mary Crow feels called to return to her roots in the mountains of North Carolina where she hopes to get a job in the district attorney's office and reignite her relationship with Jonathan Walkingstick, but she soon finds herself trying to establish a practice on her own and involved in defending a mystical young Cherokee who has been charged with murder.
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