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Mar. 19, 2011

An Ode to Challenges Women Face

Four law school friends reunite to deal with scandal, as one of them is being considered for the U.S. Supreme Court. By Meg Waite Clayton of the University of Michigan Law School.


By Meg Waite Clayton


BOOK EXCERPT: In Meg Waite Clayton's "The Four Ms. Bradwells," four law school friends gather together at a Chesapeake Bay summer home after a skeleton in their collective closet is revealed, just as one is being considered for the U.S. Supreme Court. The novel draws its title from the landmark gender discrimination case Bradwell v. Illinois, in which Justice Joseph P. Bradley opined, "The natural and proper t...

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