Pamphlet advertising for "The New Woman in Louisiana Law," a program put on by the Metropolitan New Orleans YWCA and the Association for Women Attorneys and funded by the Louisiana Committee for the Humanities.
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…
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.