Nevada Women's History

Celebrating Nevada women's history and all that women have accomplished in the Nevada Judiciary

Nevada Lawyer Articles Highlighting Women

The following articles are reprinted from the Nevada Lawyer, State Bar with permission.

Nevada Lawyer Articles

Mel Parkinson, Nevada's First 100 Women Lawyers: Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, 8 Nev. Law. 19 (Mar. 2000).
Women Bar Leaders, 11 Nev. Law. 19 (Mar. 2003).
75 Lawyers Who Shaped Our State's History, 11 Nev. Law. 11 (May 2003).
Patty Cafferata & Reynolds Cafferata, The Dillon and Cafferata Family, 11 Nev. Law. 19 (Sept. 2003).
Hon. Robert Johnston, Reflections: 75 Years of Service, 11 Nev. Law. 19 (Dec. 2003).
Patty Cafferata, Washoe County Bar Centennial Celebration, 13 Nev. Law. 10 (Mar. 2005).
Harold Thompson, A Brief History of the Washoe County Bar Association, 13 Nev. Law. 17 (Mar. 2005).
Las Vegas Centennial, 11 Lawyers on the List of Women Who Shaped Las Vegas, 13 Nev. Law. 29 (June 2005).
Patrick Hicks, Veronica Arechederra Hall, & Deborah Westbrook, Ninth Circuit Upholds Makeup Requirement, 14 Nev. Law. 28 (June 2006).
Kristen Bennett, Justice Nancy Becker Proud of Time on NV Supreme Court, 14 Nev. Law. 14 (Dec. 2006).
2006 Elections Familiar Faces in New Positions, 15 Nev. Law. 18 (Jan. 2007).
Melinda Catren, Janette Bloom Bids Fond Farewell to the Nevada Supreme Court, 16 Nev. Law. 14 (Mar. 2008).
Joanne Goodwin, Kathleen England, & Guy Rocha, Pioneering Women in Nevada Law, 19 Nev. Law. 6 (Mar. 2011).
Hon. Robert Johnston, Nevada's First Ladies of Law: A Few of the Women Who Laid the Groundwork, 19 Nev. Law. 18 (Mar. 2011).

Nevada Women's History Websites and Videos

Websites

Videos

Nevada Appellate Courts: Women's History Month 2025
- Featuring Justice Elissa Cadish, Chief Judge Bonnie Bulla, Justice Patricia Lee, and Judge Deborah Westbrook
Makers - Women in Nevada History: Miriam Shearing
- Produced by Vegas PBS and UNLV's Women's Research Institute of Nevada
Women in Nevada History: Patty Cafferata
- Produced by UNLV's Women's Research Institute of Nevada

Women and the Law Books

The following resources are available from the Nevada Supreme Court Law Library:

Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success by Phyllis Horn Epstein
Call Number: KF 299.W6 E654 2015
ISBN: 1634252381
Publication Date: 2015
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon; Shana Knizhnik
Call Number: KF 8745.G56 C37 2015
ISBN: 9780062425737
Publication Date: 2015
The Rights of Women: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to Women's Rights by Lenora M. Lapidus; Namita Luthra; Emily J. Martin
Call Number: KF 390.W6 L4 2009
ISBN: 9780814752296
Publication Date: 2009
Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law by Lauren Stiller Rikleen
Call Number: KF 299.W6 R55
ISBN: 9780314960375
Publication Date: 2006
The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions by Mary Jane Mossman
Call Number: KF 299.W6 M67 2006
ISBN: 1841135909
Publication Date: 2006
The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice by Sandra Day O'Connor
Call Number: KF 8742 .O274 2003
ISBN: 0375509259
Publication Date: 2003
Political History of Nevada by Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau, Nevada Secretary of State, and Nevada State Publications Repository
Call Number: KFN8516 .A5
Publication Date: 2016
Women in Nevada Politics chapter at page 210

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