2 Quotes & Sayings By Harriette Arnow

Harriette Arnow (1886-1968) was the first woman to graduate with a law degree from Harvard University, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1911. She went on to become an attorney for the State of Massachusetts. Later, she became the first woman partner in a major Boston law firm, where she specialized in civil rights cases. Her landmark book about her experiences, The Woman Lawyer (1922), is considered one of the most important books for women's history ever published.