The Legal Landmarks Project

UK/IRELAND: WOMEN’S LEGAL HISTORY

2017

Erika RACKLEY, Rosemary AUCHMUTY(ed.) / Women's Legal Landmarks – Celebrating the history of women and law in the UK and Ireland / Oxford 2019.
“2019 marks the centenary of women’s admission into the legal profession in the UK and Ireland. Coming only a year after the Representation of the People Act 1918 gave (some) women the parliamentary vote, the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 encouraged feminists and others to look forward to a new era in which women’s voices would be heard in law, women’s concerns addressed, and women’s injustices and inequalities righted. The centenary in 2019 offers an opportunity to mark and assess women’s progress toward these hopes.
The volume seeks to explore women’s legal history in the UK and Ireland with engaging and accurate accounts written by over 80 experts in their fields. The landmarks cover a range of topics, including the right to vote, sex discrimination, forced marriage, prostitution, rape, twitter abuse and the ordination of women bishops as well as the life stories of a number of women who were the first to undertake key legal roles and positions. Together, they demonstrate women’s agency and activism in the achievement of law reform and justice.”
Information (womenslegallandmarks.com)