Founders

The Founders of CWL

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

"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  

The founders of CWL include (listed alphabetically):

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 inception.