CELEBRATING FEMALE
TRAILBLAZERS OF THE WEST

A must-watch series: “Women in the Law: Going First and Going Forward” featuring trailblazing women from around the Ninth Circuit, sharing with tremendous honesty, sincerity, and humor what it was like to be the first woman in a particular role in the law.

We invite you to read the inspiring stories of Justice Ruth McGregor, Annette Abbott Adams and Lucile Lomen, each of whom was a “first” in some aspect of legal history.

By the end of 1914 almost every Western state and territory had enfranchised its female citizens, creating a new voting population of 4 million women: a remarkable achievement! This stands in profound contrast to the East, where few women voted until after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920), and to the South, where the disfranchisement of African American men was widespread.

One Mom can make all the difference! As we wind down Women’s History Month, we cannot forget the mother who was responsible for the passage of the 19th Amendment.