Columbia Law School men were being drafted, and suddenly women who had done well in college were considered acceptable candidates for the vacant seats.

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions.