Entering the arena the spectacular history of women at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York Lisa Zornberg

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zornberg, Lisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women lawyers--United States.

Women lawyers.

United States. District Attorney (New York : Southern District).

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

New York Fordham Center for Social Justice, Fordham Law School 2025

Summary:

This book tells the spectacular history of women lawyers at the U.S.Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY).SDNY is a storied institution, the oldest federal prosecutor's office in the United States and its most renowned--and a critical player in New York City's high-stakes legal arena

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part I Mary Grace Quackenbos, A War Poem

Part II The Roaring Twenties for Women at SDNY

Part III Backslide, Amnesia, Blockade

Part IV How SDNY Irrevocably Opened to Women in the 1970s

Afterword

A Gallery of Women AUSAs of the 1970s

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed January 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Zornberg, Lisa Entering the arena

ISBN:

9781531513047

1531513042

9781531513030

1531513034

OCLC:

1534833083

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license