Fish Raincoats

The Life And Times Of ATrailblazing Feminist In American LawThe First Female Stanford Law Professor Was Also First Director Of The District Of Columbia Public Defender Service, One Of The First Women To Be An Assistant Attorney General Of The United States, And The Biographer Of California?s First Woman Lawyer, Clara FoltzSurvivor, Pioneer, Leader, And Fervent Defender Of The Powerless And Colorful Mobsters Alike, Barbara Babcock Led By Example And By The Written Wordand Recounts Her Part Of History In This Candid And Personal Memoir?  'for Woman Lawyers, Barbara Babcock Has Led The WayHow? By Being Smarter And Tougher Than The Men, Also, More Empathetic And SelfawareFunny, Shrewd, And Telling, Her Memoir Fish Raincoats Is AJoy To Read.' Evan Thomas, Author Of Being Nixon: AMan Divided ??life Will Afford You No Better Sherpa On The Extraordinary Journey Women Have Taken In The Legal Profession Than Barbara BabcockThis Book Should Be Required Reading For Anyone Who Isn?t Certain That They Have APlace At The Lawyers TableBabcock?s Amazing Life Has Made ASpace For So Many Of UsHer Story Will Do The Same.? Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate ?'an Immensely Engaging, Articulate And Detailrich Memoir From APioneer Who Helped Forge The Path For Women In The Legal ProfessionBabcock Taught, Mentored And Inspired Generations Of Law Students To Look Beyond The Billable Hour, She Has Chronicled Her Timesthe Modern Women?s Movement, The Challenges And Characters She Met Along The Waywith Insight, Humility And Grace.' Thelton EHenderson, Senior U.sDistrict Judge, San Francisco ?',but Men Are Writing The History!, Barbara Babcock Thought To Herself In Response To ASexist Comment About Women In The Law Years AgoNot AnymoreBabcock Spins Her Formidable Legal Career Into Insightful Stories About How She Made Her Way And Made Her Field Her OwnThe Best Kind Of Personal History.' Emily Bazelon, Author Of Sticks And Stones: Defeating The Culture Of Bullying And Rediscovering The Power Of Character And Empathy ?  ACompelling New Addition To The Journeys Memoirs Series From Quid Pro Books.
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