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19 for the 19th Amendment: Celebrating Women of Columbia Law

Read about some of the women—past and present—who have shaped Columbia Law and the legal profession.

Passed by Congress and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment inscribed women’s right to vote in the U.S. Constitution. In celebration of this anniversary, Columbia Law School showcases stories about 19 of its notable alumnae, faculty, and students.

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Topics: Alumni; Law School History
Published: August 18, 2020

19 for the 19th Amendment: Celebrating Women of Columbia Law

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59: Advocate, Professor, and Supreme Court Justice

Honoring Constance Baker Motley ’46: Civil Rights Icon and the Nation’s First Female Black Federal Judge

Professor Elora Mukherjee: A Champion of Immigrants’ Rights

Dean Emerita Barbara Aronstein Black ’55, the First Female Dean of an Ivy League Law School

Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju ’17 LL.M. Win Historic LGBT Rights Victory in India

Meet Oluwatumise Asebiomo ’21, the Second Black Woman to Lead the ‘Columbia Law Review’

Mary Jo White ’74, Former Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Speaks at Graduation

Professor Suzanne Goldberg: Uniting Columbia as the First Executive Vice President for University Life

Meet Roberta Kaplan ’91, Who Argued Before the Supreme Court to Overturn the Defense of Marriage Act

Celebrating the Life of ‘Battling’ Bella Abzug ’45

Nevada Deputy District Attorney Melanie Scheible ’16 Serves in the Nation’s First Female-Majority Legislature

Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later

Soia Mentschikoff ’37: The First Woman Partner in a Major Wall Street Firm and President of the American Association of Law Schools

Professor Katherine Franke: We Must Repair the Intergenerational Damage of Enslavement

Empowering Women of Color: Strengthening a Growing Intersectional Community

‘The EU Rules the World’ Says Professor Anu Bradford in Groundbreaking New Book

And ... Action: Nina Shaw ’79 Sets the Stage for Reform in Hollywood

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ’75, the First Woman to Lead the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, Counsels Students

Mari Hulbutta CC ’14, LAW ’20: Serving the Native American Community