Annette Abbott Adams : California's first lady of law

Thesis (M.A., Social Science)--California State University, Sacramento, 1972In the early part of this century, Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams overcame great obstacles to attain professional success in what was considered "a man's domain." Her entrance into the federal courts in 1914 as the first woman in the United States to serve as a prosecuting attorney was the precursor that others followed; it should eventually\ud culminate in the appointment of a woman as a United States Supreme Court Justice.Social Scienc