In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate

by Nancy Gertner

Book Overview

A champion of women's rights reflects on her illustrious career litigating groundbreaking cases on reproductive rights, sexual harassment, and violence against women

In the boys' club climate of 1975, Nancy Gertner launched her career fighting a murder charge on behalf of antiwar activist Susan Saxe, one of the few women to ever make the FBI's Most Wanted List. What followed was a storied span of groundbreaking firsts, as Gertner threw...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807011436
• ISBN13: 9780807011430
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"