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Community Property Lecture by Janet Mary Riley, 1975
Janet Mary Riley campaigned for change in the Community Property Law of Louisiana, speaking to women’s groups, presenting at conferences, and literally wrote the casebook on the subject.
Women’s rights in the Louisiana Matrimonial Regime, 1976
Article by Janet Mary Riley, reprinted from Tulane Law Review, acting as a call to action on part of the Louisiana Legistator for equality amoung the sexes. Riley is especially concerened with the "Head and Master" rule and Louisiana's legislation in…
Book Review of “The Public Library In The Political Process,” by Janet Mary Riley, 1951
Review written by Janet Mary Riley of Oliver Garceau's "The Public Library in the Political Process;" published in the Louisiana Library Association's 1951 bulletin, spring edition.
Society of Our Lady of the Way Brochure, 1960s
Brochure advertising the Society of Our Lady of the Way, a secular institute of working women in the Roman Catholic Church.
Quote by Janet Mary Riley in “Women Win Their Case as Legal Eagles,” Times Picayune, November 2, 1986
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Quote by Janet Mary Riley found in “I Found it Very Difficult to Be Heard” from Generations: A Century of Women Speak About their Lives
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Quote by Janet Mary Riley found in “I Found it Very Difficult to Be Heard,” from Generations: A Century of Women Speak About their Lives
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Quote by Janet Mary Riley, found in her letter to Kathleen Lilly, 1962
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Quote by Janet Mary Riley found in “New Marriage Laws: Not One Woman Opposed Them”, Distaff interview, January 1980
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Quote by Janet Mary Riley found in "Women’s Rights in the Louisiana Matrimonial Regime," 1976
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