The Seventh Circuit Bar Association was founded in 1951. But it had never had a woman president before me, in 2001. If you go up to the ceremonial courtroom in the Dirksen Center, there’s a wall of photos of 50 non-diverse men, and then there’s mine.
Fortunately, I wasn’t the last; there are many after me, an important legacy. Making the path easier for girls and women also is the work I have...
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