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"Some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate
And with them I would not disagree,
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe;
I say fate should not tempt me.
"
- Mary-Chapin Carpenter, I Take My Chances

We gratefully acknowledge the women lawyers whose passion for the advancement of women contributed to the establishment and leadership of California Women Lawyers.


Carol Agate
Edna R. S. Alvarez
Dagny Winkler Andreassen
Blanche C. Bersch
Justice Rose E. Bird
Betty Bryant
Jeanette Christy
Judith E. Ciani
Arlene Colman-Schwimmer
Hon. Patricia Yim Cowett
Georgia Franklin-Shutan
Joanne M. Garvey
Sue Hone
Hon. Barbara Barnhouse Johnson
Carolyn Kammler
Melodie M. Kleiman
Justice Joan Dempsey Klein
Janice E. Koll
Hon. Lucy Kelly McCabe
Judith G. McKelvey
Olga A. Miller
Ruth Miller
Marjory Winston Parker
Barbara Price
Hon. Roberta Ralph, Retired
Drucilla Stender Ramey
Hon. Louise H. Renne
Renee Rubin
Beverly Savitt
Lynn Schenk
Candis Scott
Carol Ruth Silver
Mary-Louise Smith
Fay Stender
Karen Pedersen Stevens
Diane Wayne
Dr. Elizabeth Yahn Williams
Norma Zarky

We have listed all those CWL founders of whom we are aware. We apologize to anyone we may have omitted who was responsible for CWL's creation.

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