From the handful who guided the movement and helped change antiquated laws, to the thousands who continued that work and challenged the profession. Join Veteran Feminists of America for a Salute to Feminist Lawyers: 1963-75. June 9, 2008 at the Harvard Club in New York City. Featuring a special tribute to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

In Memoriam: Thomas I. Emerson (1907-1991)

One of his generation’s preeminent constitutional theorists, he argued the case of Griswold v Connecticut in the Supreme Court in 1965. Besides winning the right for Connecticut women to obtain contraceptives (which until then had been a crime in that state), the Griswold case established the right of privacy for the first time, making possible the outcome of Roe v Wade.

Later, in the 1970s,Emerson coauthored with Barbara Brown, Gail Falk, and Ann Freedman a key article on the prospective legal effects of the ERA, and gave relevant testimony before Congress.

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