{"id":2886,"date":"2018-07-17T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfwg.org.uk\/bfwg2\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:42:10","slug":"the-road-to-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bfwg.org.uk\/bfwg2\/the-road-to-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road to 1919"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section preset--module--divi-section--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row tribe-wide\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_no_arrows et_pb_slider_no_pagination et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_slides\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_0 et_pb_slide et_pb_media_alignment_center et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\" data-slide-id=\"divi\/slide-0\"><div class=\"et_pb_container\"><div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>'The Road to 1919'\u00a0 -\u00a0 the fourth in the First Women Lawyers symposia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>29th June 2018<\/p>\n<p>Jubliee Room, Palace of Westminster<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/the-road-to-1919-tickets-42979998332\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/the-road-to-1919-tickets-42979998332<\/a><\/p>\n<p>'A woman needs a man like ...': a review of the occupations and positions of the men in the lives of early women lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a mentor can be crucial to career success and progression, just as much today as in the past.\u00a0 It is clear that for\u00a0a considerable number of early women lawyers this role was fulfilled by a close relative, often a\u00a0lawyer father.\u00a0 But just how many were influenced, mentored and professionally supported by close relatives and, importantly, what is the story of those who weren't.\u00a0 This paper compares a range of early women lawyers\u00a0in the UK, the USA and beyond and seeks to find a pattern in the barriers encountered by our predecessors, and the keys found\u00a0to unlock those barriers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth in the First Women Lawyers symposia<br \/>\n29th June 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"formats":[],"class_list":["post-2886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outreach"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Mickle Creative","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f0e68252730bb19940f963488c831946796f1e36fa440c08695647c83f12a47c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/bfwg.org.uk\/bfwg2\/author\/mcs_admin\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[{"term_name":"Outreach","term_id":109,"term_link":"https:\/\/bfwg.org.uk\/bfwg2\/category\/outreach\/"}],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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