Women were largely barred from law practice until the twentieth century.

Evidence

The recent influx of lawyers also reflects the collapse of many barriers to admission for previously excluded groups. The largest increase has been in the number of female attorneys. In 1869, Arabella Mansfield of Iowa became the first woman admitted to the practice of law, but many states did not allow women to practice law for most of the nineteenth century; and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the exclusion of women did not violate their constitutional rights. … By 1910, however, only Arkansas and Georgia persisted in excluding women, and by 1920 women constituted 1.4 percent of the legal profession. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 663

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American law schools barred women through much of the twentieth century. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 663; U.S. citizenship law barred Asians until the twentieth century — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 286; Women’s legal equality arose from economic shifts, not ideology or religion. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 209 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• American law schools barred women through much of the twentieth century. #corroborates (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 663
• French civil law kept married women legally subordinate well into the 1940s #exemplifies (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 276
• Women’s legal equality arose from economic shifts, not ideology or religion. #expands (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 209
• U.S. citizenship law barred Asians until the twentieth century #corroborates (0.72) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 286