Law was one of the last of the learned professions to accept women practitioners. Traditionally it was felt that law and women had little in common. It was said: "Law is logical, women are intuitive"; "law is abstract; women deal best with the concrete"; "law requires long, sustained application; women excel in short spurts." It was in 1864 that an Iowa woman first sought admission to the bar. By 1910 there were only 558 women lawyers in the U. S. Now there are more than 4,500, of whom 1,000 are in New York City.
Admission to the bar is tantamount to election...
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