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100 Years Of Women At Fordham: A Foreword And Reflection, Elizabeth B. Cooper
100 Years Of Women At Fordham: A Foreword And Reflection, Elizabeth B. Cooper
Fordham Law Review Online
As we reflect back on 100 Years of Women at Fordham Law School, we have much to celebrate. In contrast to the eight women who joined 312 men at the Law School in 1918—or 2.6 percent of the class—women have constituted approximately 50 percent of our matriculants for decades. Life for women at the Law School has come a long way in more than just numbers. For example, in 1932, the Law School recorded the first known practice of “Ladies’ Day,” a day on which some professors would call on women, who otherwise were expected to be silent in their …