Studies in Occupations Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ... regardless of traditionally established limitations. There is every reason why a woman should make a far-reachng plan for her vocation as does a man; need for individual adjustments arises for both, but it can not be foreseen and a long plan for the investment of capacity and energy is essential in order to meet the need for adjustments adequately as well as for the fundamental ends of service and satisfaction in life. The women law students prior to 1900 were chiefly pathfinders. Some of them never undertook the practice of law; some became Illustrations of muan an sPent much energy in securing the experience opportunity for study and the legal right to of women admission to the bar where it did not yet exist, lawyers Others struggled against prejudice in their practice, or devoted themselves to propaganda in general for greater economic and civic equality for women. The following quotations are suggestive of the experience of these earlier women lawyers: "I have worked hard and as I round out my three score years and ten I often realize that I am aweary; but it has been and is interesting and worth while, every bit of it." "I never practiced my profession for which I have a profound respect and preference." "I graduated in 1898 and my experiences can have no value for the graduate of today. Conditions were wholly different," is a comment frequently repeated. A number of the earlier women students of law practiced with their husbands or assisted their lawyer husbands while they themselves were not admitted to the bar. To a larger degree than in more recent years, practitioners found it necessary to develop side lines; "This is what my office consists of, I am a notary, a lawyer, an insurance agent; my office is a collect...