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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 8, 2017).

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

内容

Cover; Copyright and Publication Details; Table of Contents; About the author; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Dedication; Foreword: (Re)Discovering Helena Normanton; The author of the Foreword; Introduction; A single goal in life; A hidden story; Women and the law; Arrangement of chapters; Helena Normanton's legacy; Helena Normanton's Early Years; Who was Helena Normanton?; Education; Pupil teacher; Teacher training; Teaching career and further education; As good as any man; Helena in Context: The Struggles for Women's Equal Rights; Locating Helena's feminism.

The influence of feminism on Helena's careerNormanton's involvement with the feminist movement; Lack of legal personhood; Overcoming inequalities; Closed Doors at the Inns of Court; The 1919 legislation; Attorneys, infants and serfs; Quasi-lawyers and legal challenges; Membership and clientele; The purpose of membership of an Inn of Court.; A legal oligarchy; Helena's application to join Middle Temple; First rejection; The stated reasons for Helena's rejection; Claud Schuster; Seeking publicity; Appeal outcome; February 1919; Lord Buckmaster's Bill; Support; Carrying the burden.

The second Bill: Women's Emancipation BillSex Disqualification (Removal) Bill; July 1919; Victory; After Joining an Inn; Triumph; The press reports; Congratulations; Helena's first dinner at Middle Temple; A separate table whilst dining?; The number of women entrants to an Inn of Court; The acceptable face of the female Bar student; Celebration dinners; Women Bar students; Disciplinary inquiry at Middle Temple; Understanding the inquiry; Second allegation of self-advertising; Helena's peers: Other women Bar students; Photographs; Bar finals; Pupillage; 26 October 1921; Her professional name.

Call night 17 November 1922Helena Normanton's Emerging Legal Career; Number of women called to the Bar in November 1922; The age of Helena Helena's female contemporaries; Women in practice in 1922; Class; '[D]espite being present in the divorce court with another female barrister she still had not been briefed'; Searle v Searle; Gathering storm clouds: Rejected by the Western Circuit; The issue of self-advertising, April 1923; Rose Heilbron: Similar problems; Professional jealousy; Missing case book; 'Stick to my choice'; More professional jealousy.

Supporting women at the Royal Courts of JusticeAmerica; The American connection; A passport in her maiden name; American Interest in Helena Normanton; Arriving in New York; Appearance as a witness; Other engagements; Return to England; Gossip in Helena's absence; 'Privileged to have met you'; Back On Home Soil; Libel; Evidence of commitment: Moody v Lee and Beaulah; Publicity and 'con-men'; Ill health; Public service; A job offer; Fee book No. 2; Accounts 1937-1938; R v Aynsley 1930; A typical 'hotel case'; Another change of chambers; Assizes and Quarter Sessions: More dock briefs.

主题

Normanton, Helena.

Normanton, Helena.

Women lawyers -- Great Britain -- Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges.

LAW -- Essays.

LAW -- General Practice.

LAW -- Jurisprudence.

LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.

LAW -- Practical Guides.

LAW -- Reference.

Women lawyers.

Great Britain.

其它责任者

Mossman, Mary Jane,

其他表格:

1-909976-32-6

国际标准书号

9781910979174 (electronic book)

1910979171 (electronic book)

9781910979167 (electronic book)

1910979163 (electronic book)