Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Women Trailblazers in the Law Project oral histories,

Title

• Women Trailblazers in the Law Project oral histories,

Summary

• Transcripts of oral history interviews with senior women lawyers from all areas of the profession: academia, corporations, government, judiciary, private law firms, and public interest groups. Interviewees include Sheila Bair, Bernice Bouie Donald, Jamie S. Gorelick, Cornelia G. Kennedy, Phyllis A. Kravitch, Diane E. Murphy, Janet Reno, Lois J. Schiffer, Pat Schroeder, Janie L. Shores, Dolores K. Sloviter, Judith P. Vladeck, Patricia M. Wald, Mary Jo White, and Karen Hastie Williams.

Names

• Women Trailblazers in the Law Project

Headings

• -  Bair, Sheila--Interviews
• -  Donald, Bernice Bouie,--1951---Interviews
• -  Gorelick, Jamie S.--Interviews
• -  Kennedy, Cornelia G.--(Cornelia Groefsema),--1923-2014--Interviews
• -  Kravitch, Phyllis A.,--1920-2017--Interviews
• -  Murphy, Diana E.--Interviews
• -  Reno, Janet,--1938-2016--Interviews
• -  Schiffer, Lois J.--(Lois Jane),--1945---Interviews
• -  Schroeder, Pat--Interviews
• -  Shores, Janie L.,--1932---Interviews
• -  Sloviter, Dolores K.--(Dolores Korman),--1932---Interviews
• -  Vladeck, Judith P.--Interviews
• -  Wald, Patricia M.--Interviews
• -  White, Mary Jo,--1947---Interviews
• -  Williams, Karen Hastie,--1944---Interviews
• -  American Bar Association.--Commission on Women in the Profession
• -  American Bar Association.--Senior Lawyers Division
• -  Cause lawyers--United States--Interviews
• -  Corporate lawyers--United States--Interviews
• -  Corporation law--United States
• -  Courts--United States
• -  Government attorneys--United States--Interviews
• -  Law--United States
• -  Law--Study and teaching--United States
• -  Law firms--United States
• -  Judges--United States--Interviews
• -  Lawyers--United States--Interviews
• -  Practice of law--United States
• -  Public interest law--United States
• -  Women judges--United States--Interviews
• -  Women lawyers--United States--Interviews

Notes

• -  Arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee followed by the 2021 Addition also arranged alphabetically.
• -  Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Women Trailblazers in the Law Project Oral Histories, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• -  Oral histories available online through the Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School : ABA Women Trailblazers Project website at https://abawtp.law.stanford.edu External
• -  Copies of interview transcripts are available at the Schlesinger Library of Harvard University; cataloged as "Oral history interviews of the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession Women Trailblazers in the Law Oral History Project."
• -  Gift, American Bar Association. Commission on Women in the Profession, 2007-2019.
• -  Project inititated in 2004 and administered by the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession. Currently sponsored by the Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association with Brooksley Born, chair of the Senior Lawyers Division overseeing the project, and Linda Ferren, project director.
• -  Collection material in English.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012152

Medium

• 100 items.
• 21 containers.
• 8.4 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm2007085388

Access Advisory

• Restrictions apply.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2007085388

Additional Metadata Formats

• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record