20YEARS WOMEN’S JUSTICE AWARDS COMMEMORATIVE EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS ~ 5 ~ BALANCING THE SCALES Much has changed across Missouri’s legal landscape in the 20 years since the first presentation of the Women’s Justice Awards. By Catherine Martin ~ 10 ~ AN AWARD OF INTEGRITY In its 20-year history, the Women’s Justice Awards program has mirrored the growth and breadth of women’s contributions to law and public service in Missouri. By Catherine Martin ~ 12 ~ MAKING THEIR MARK Through the years, women carve out a place in legal history in Missouri and beyond. Timeline researched by Allyssa Dudley ~ 22 ~ IN MEMORIAM With respect and gratitude, we honor the legacies of these WJA honorees. HEY YOU! WHAT DOES YOURYOUR BUSINESSVUSINESS GOOGLE DO? IT! AREARE YOYOUU NO?NO? THERE?THERE? YOUR COMPETITORS ARE. DON’T LOSE OUT TO YOUR COMPETITORS. We’ll drive the right customers to your business and help you rank higher on search engines like Google. 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Digital Editor Missouri Lawyers Media, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and Allyssa Dudley is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bridgetower Media, 222 South MO | 314.588.7200 Ninth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN 55402. IL | 866.633.2889 1 N Taylor Ave St. Louis, MO 63108 Missouri Lawyers Weekly 3 Publisher’s y the time 1999 actually arrived, Prince’s megahit referencing the year as a tragic end and not a Note And so, 20 years after the first WJA recog- bright gateway to a new millen- B nition program, we continue to honor wom- nium already has been around a en attorneys in what has become an annual couple of decades. And Sandra institution of tradition in the Missouri legal Day O’Connor had been serving community. on the U.S. Supreme Court for almost as long. Frankie Muse Freeman headlined at that 1999 inaugural event as our first Woman of As its first female justice. the Year. No one else could have filled the Ever. role better. An icon not only in Missouri but in the United States, she was a civil-rights So when our company, which attorney who was appointed in 1964 as would come to be known as Missouri the first woman on the U.S. Commission Lawyers Media, chose to launch the Wom- on Civil Rights. She lived for more than a en’s Justice Awards in 1999 to honor the century while helping others through her accomplishments of female attorneys, it compassion and commitment. wasn’t because women had just begun to make significant contributions to the legal She paid it forward. profession. That’s what each of the women we have In 1648, Margaret Brent appeared before honored through the years probably would a court of law in the Maryland colony as the cite among the hallmarks of their careers. first woman to “act” as an attorney. In 1869, They each have reached a hand back to the Arabella Mansfield became the first woman woman on the step below. They know a pull admitted to a state bar. from above aided their own climb. Clearly, female legal firsts weren’t a new In the 20 years of WJA, 436 outstanding phenomena in 1999, but it was a time of Missouri women have been honored for great anticipation. The waning years of the contributions across the profession as varied last millennium witnessed an accelerated as the women themselves. They share one participation pace by women into the pro- common trait that has nothing to do with fession. In just one decade — the 1970s — the number of chromosomes they carry. the number of female attorneys in the U.S. Simply put, they are truly exceptional grew from 13,000 to 62,000 — moving from lawyers. So enjoy this look back at two 4 percent of the profession’s total to 12 per- decades of celebration and recognition of cent. Today, women comprise slightly more achievements that only these women could than half of