It was the profession that dared not speak its name.

Nancy Hersh had known she wanted to be a lawyer since she was 12. Her father was a successful attorney, her mother a feminist who would help start a local NOW chapter. But as a college student in the 1960s, Hersh saw law as something women simply didn’t do. So she kept her desire private and studied psychology instead.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]