The 20 pioneers who make up The Recorder‘s Women Leaders in the Law have many things in common, but ultimately they all found their own way to success.
Most went to law school in the 1960s and early ’70s, and many experienced hostility from male professors that felt gender-based. “We as women felt vulnerable and we were often called to stand up in class, which we felt was disproportionate,” says Joan Messing Graff of the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center. “We felt like we were being made fun of. It was in no way a welcoming or accepting environment.”
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