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In reply to the discussion: Who remembers life for women before RBG? [View all]Hamlette
(15,412 posts)When I got married in 1974 I kept my maiden name but they insisted I sign his name on the marriage certificate. We were in the court house so after resisting for some time I threatened to go get the city attorney to tell them I was keeping my maiden name. They let me just sign my maiden name.
When I started practicing law (I am one of the first 100 women lawyers in my state) they called me by my first name but referred to men by Mr. I nicely told my favorite judge that it looked disrespectful in front of juries and he was humiliated. No judge ever called any of us by our first name in open court again.
I applied for a job as a public defender circa 1976 and the boss told 3 or 4 male attorneys that he had one woman lawyer and he was not going to have any more. All of the guys in the meeting came to me and told me what he said and offered to represent me in a lawsuit against him. Then they went to boss and told him that we would all sue him if he didn't hire me.
Ginsberg is, or should be, a hero to all women and we should remind the youngs what it would have been without her.