Preface Prologue Telling the Stories of Women Becoming Lawyers in Ontario Toronto 1927: "A Toast to the Future of Women in Law" Gender and History: Women and the "Gentleman's Profession" of Law Gender and Biography: The "Woman Question," Puzzles, and Silences Women Lawyers: Connecting the Past and the Present Researching the Stories of Women Lawyers PART ONE THE FIRST WOMEN LAWYERS: MAKING HISTORY Women in Law: An International Movement Chapter One Challenging Male Exclusivity in the Canadian Legal Professions, 1897-1918 The Canadian Context at the Turn of the Century The "First" Women Lawyers in Canada A Legacy of Gendered Precedents and Patterns Chapter Two After Clara Brett Martin: Ontario's Early Women Lawyers New Challenges in the Legal Profession Challenging Ontario's "Gentlemen's Profession" A Kaleidoscope of Patterns and Puzzles PART TWO OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS: THE INTERWAR YEARS, 1919-39 After the First World War: A "Turning Point" for Women? Chapter Three Pioneers and Prejudice: After the War, 1919-29 Chapter Four "Unlimited Possibilities"? The Depression Years, 1930-39 One Hundred Women Lawyers: "A Meagre, If Resourceful, Handful" PART THREE GENDERED LEGAL CONTEXTS: WAR AND POST-WAR REFORMS, 1940-57 Women Lawyers in War and Peace: Progress and Stasis Chapter Five "Gendered Hierarchies and Relations of Power", 1940-49 Chapter Six Transitions in Law and Legal Education, 1950-57 Achievements on the Margins of the Legal Profession PART FOUR AFTER 1957: CHANGING GENDER PATTERNS Continuity or Transformation? The Accreditation of University Law Schools A Surge in Numbers and Second-Wave Feminism Transformations in Legal Practice and Professional Culture Diversifying the Bar Women Lawyers: Still at the Margins? Epilogue A Legacy of Gendered Patterns "Quiet Rebels" The WLAO "Toast to the Future" 1927: Rewriting History? Appendix: Statutes in Canada re the Admission of Women as Lawyers Selected Bibliography Index of Names of Women Lawyers Index of Subjects.