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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface 1
- Prologue Telling the Stories of Women Becoming Lawyers in Ontario 5
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Part One The First Women Lawyers: Making History
- Women in Law: An International Movement 29
- Chapter One Challenging Male Exclusivity in the Canadian Legal Professions, 1897–1918 37
- Chapter Two After Clara Brett Martin: Ontario’s Early Women Lawyers 74
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Part Two Opportunities and Barriers: The Interwar Years, 1919–39
- After the First World War: A “Turning Point” for Women? 121
- Chapter Three Pioneers and Prejudice: After the War, 1919–29 136
- Chapter Four “Unlimited Possibilities”? The Depression Years, 1930–39 192
- One Hundred Women Lawyers: “A Meagre, If Resourceful, Handful” 234
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Part Three Gendered Legal Contexts: War and Post-War Reforms, 1940–57
- Women Lawyers in War and Peace: Progress and Stasis 249
- Chapter Five “Gendered Hierarchies and Relations of Power”, 1940–49 264
- Chapter Six Transitions in Law and Legal Education, 1950–57 332
- Achievements on the Margins of the Legal Profession 379
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Part Four After 1957: Changing Gender Patterns
- Continuity or Transformation? 391
- Epilogue A Legacy of Gendered Patterns 443
- Appendix: Statutes in Canada re the Admission of Women as Lawyers 459
- Selected Bibliography 461
- Index of Names of Women Lawyers 495
- Index of Subjects 509
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface 1
- Prologue Telling the Stories of Women Becoming Lawyers in Ontario 5
-
Part One The First Women Lawyers: Making History
- Women in Law: An International Movement 29
- Chapter One Challenging Male Exclusivity in the Canadian Legal Professions, 1897–1918 37
- Chapter Two After Clara Brett Martin: Ontario’s Early Women Lawyers 74
-
Part Two Opportunities and Barriers: The Interwar Years, 1919–39
- After the First World War: A “Turning Point” for Women? 121
- Chapter Three Pioneers and Prejudice: After the War, 1919–29 136
- Chapter Four “Unlimited Possibilities”? The Depression Years, 1930–39 192
- One Hundred Women Lawyers: “A Meagre, If Resourceful, Handful” 234
-
Part Three Gendered Legal Contexts: War and Post-War Reforms, 1940–57
- Women Lawyers in War and Peace: Progress and Stasis 249
- Chapter Five “Gendered Hierarchies and Relations of Power”, 1940–49 264
- Chapter Six Transitions in Law and Legal Education, 1950–57 332
- Achievements on the Margins of the Legal Profession 379
-
Part Four After 1957: Changing Gender Patterns
- Continuity or Transformation? 391
- Epilogue A Legacy of Gendered Patterns 443
- Appendix: Statutes in Canada re the Admission of Women as Lawyers 459
- Selected Bibliography 461
- Index of Names of Women Lawyers 495
- Index of Subjects 509