Name: Helena Normanton and the Opening of the Bar to Women
Brand: Waterside Press
SKU: 9781909976320
Price: 299.25 HKD
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Author: Judith Bourne
ISBN: 9781909976320

Helena Normanton and the Opening of the Bar to Women

By Judith Bourne

Waterside Press November 2016

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781909976320
Publisher: Waterside Press
Publication: November 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The book describes how her ambition was forged as a child after seeing her mother patronised by a solicitor. It tells how the press were quick to pigeon-hole and harass her, leading to disciplinary proceedings for ‘self-advertising’.

Enmeshed in a world of men, Helena Normanton faced a constant struggle to establish herself against a backdrop of prejudice, misogyny and discrimination — as when solicitors, fearful of the unknown, were reluctant to instruct her, leaving her to take on poor person’s cases, dock briefs and those ‘deemed suitable for a woman’.

But Helena Normanton was a force to be reckoned with. She was not just the first woman to be admitted to an Inn of Court, hold briefs in the High Court and Old Bailey, and (with Rose Heilbron) be made a King’s Counsel, but a prolific author, leading feminist and speaker who entranced audiences at home and abroad.

Along with the controversies that eternally surrounded her progress and her foibles, this is all contained in this captivating book.