March is Women's History Month (and March 8 is International Women's Day).
So here's a little trivia contest for your amusement (and possible use):
In honor of Women's History Month, match the following events
with their dates:
___ In Hishon v. King & Spalding, the Supreme Court holds that an
associate who has been denied a partnership may sue her law
firm for sex discrimination.
___ Belva Lockwood becomes the first woman admitted to practice
before the Supreme Court.
___ Amalya Kearse becomes the first black woman appointed to the
U.S. Court of Appeals.
___ For the first time, the percentage of U.S. law students who
are women exceeds 10%. (Source: A Review of Legal Education
in the United States, Fall 1991, KF265.A45 1991 @RefO)
___ In the Bradwell case, the Supreme Court holds that Illinois
may constitutionally deny women the right to practice law.
Justice Bradley concurs, remarking: "The natural and proper
timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex
evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil
life."
___ The Senate confirms the first female attorney general.
___ In Hoyt v. Florida, the Supreme Court holds that states may
limit women's representation on juries to those women who
volunteer. Hoyt will be disapproved in Taylor v. Louisiana
fourteen years later.
___ 17.8% of the attorneys in Washington State are women. The
national figure is 16.1%. (Source: The Lawyer Statistical
Report & supps. KF301.A54 1985 @RefO)
DATES: 1873, 1876, 1961, 1972, 1979, 1984, 1988, 1993???
(ANSWERS: 1984, 1876, 1979, 1972, 1873, 1993???, 1961, 1988)
Mary Whisner, Head of Reference Telephone: (206) 543-6794
Gallagher Law Library FAX: (206) 685-2165
University of Washington Internet: whisner@u.washington.edu
1100 NE Campus Pkwy, JB-20
Seattle, WA 98105
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