Legal Histories and Legacies of the 19th Amendment

A Conference in Anticipation of the Amendment’s Centennial

Stanford Center for Law and History

Closing Reception Sponsored by the Stanford Law Library

Friday, May 3, 2019, Stanford Law School

Breakfast for Conference Participants and Attendees, 9:00 – 9:30 AM

Movements for Suffrage and Office Holding, 9:30 – 11:15 AM

• Chair: Robert W. Gordon, Stanford Law School

• Rabia Belt, Stanford Law School

• Thomas Dublin, Binghamton University History Department

• Elizabeth Katz, Stanford Law School

• Bertrall Ross, Berkeley Law School

Immigration & Family Citizenship, 11:30 – 1:00 PM

• Chair: Nancy F. Cott, Harvard University History Department

• Felice Batlan, Chicago-Kent College of Law

• Kristin Collins, Boston University School of Law

• Hardeep Dhillon, Harvard University History Department

Lunch for Conference Participants and Attendees, 1:00 – 2:15 PM

Post-Suffrage Struggles for Women’s Legal Equality, 2:15–3:45 PM

• Chair: Richard Ford, Stanford Law School

• Jill Hasday, University of Minnesota Law School

• Martha Jones, Johns Hopkins Department of History

• Serena Mayeri, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Coffee Break, 3:45 – 4:15 PM

Keynote Conversation on “Women & Law, Past & Present,” 4:15 – 5:15 PM

• Judge Michelle Friedland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

• Justice Tanya R. Kennedy, New York Supreme Court Civil Branch & Immediate Past President of the National Association of Women Judges

• Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Closing Reception in Honor of Women Trailblazers in Law, 5:15 – 6:15 PM

The reception is generously sponsored by the Robert Crown Law Library to honor the launch of the “Women Trailblazers in Law” website, a collaboration with the American Bar Foundation and the American Bar Association.

Registration is required and is on a first come, first served basis. Seating is limited. To register, click here.