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Gentlewomen Of The Jury, Vivian N. Rotenstein, Valerie P. Hans
Gentlewomen Of The Jury, Vivian N. Rotenstein, Valerie P. Hans
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This Article undertakes a contemporary assessment of the role of women on the jury. In 1946, at a time when few women served on U.S. juries, the all-male Supreme Court opined in Ballard v. United States: “The truth is that the two sexes are not fungible; a community made up exclusively of one is different from a community composed of both; the subtle interplay of influence of one on the other is among the imponderables.” Three-quarters of a century later, women’s legal and social status has changed dramatically, with increased participation in the labor force, expanded leadership roles, and the …