Abstract Papers documenting the career of twentieth-century American legal scholar, professor of family law, and first tenured Black woman faculty member at Boston College Law School, Ruth-Arlene W. Howe. Her work is demonstrated through her correspondence, draft articles and presentations, ephemera, instructional materials, and professional committee minutes and reports. Also included are student materials from her undergraduate and graduate studies at Wellesley College, Simmons College, and Boston...

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