”[2] A case argued by Murray and attorney Dorothy Kenyon for women to have the equal right to serve on juries inspired Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the point where, when Ginsburg wrote her brief for Reed v. [read post]

Ginsburg named as co-authors on the brief two women lawyers whose ideas had helped build her arguments: Dorothy Kenyon, an early advocate for women’s rights, and Pauli Murray, a brilliant African American activist who had pioneered the argument for applying the 14th Amendment to women’s rights. [read post]

As Kerber writes, Ginsburg added the names of Pauli Murray and Dorothy Kenyon to her Reed brief; even though neither had written a word, RBG “understood more clearly than anyone of her time the debt that the women of her generation [ ] owed to those of preceding generations. [read post]

  Participation is by invitation only, but we encourage the ASLH community to chat with the Fellows about their projects throughout the conference.Johnson Fellows:Pedro Cantisano, Kenyon College (cantisano1@kenyon.edu) Rio de Janeiro on Trial: Law and Urban Reform in Modern BrazilMarie-Amélie George, Wake Forest University School of Law (georgemp@wfu.edu) Deviant Justice: The Transformation of Gay and Lesbian Rights in AmericaAmanda Laury Kleintop, Massachusetts… [read post]