Obituaries

Woman Lawyer Who Hid Gender in 1930s Law Job Applications Dies at 99

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Nov 6, 2009, 08:16 am CST

A woman lawyer who used initials in 1930s job applications to hide her gender has died at the age of 99.

Anne Sullivan, formerly Anne Chawk, was licensed in 1934 and signed her job applications "A.M. Chawk" so they wouldn’t be tossed out, the Chicago Tribune reports.… full story