Oral history interview with Griselda G. Lobell, 1999

Biographical Note

Attorney-at-law

Scope and Contents

Born in Ridgewood, Queens. Education: coed high school, Barnard, Columbia Law 1 yr (1935); Columbia Law: reasons for attending law school, atmosphere for men and women, cost, funding, coursework, professors, procedures, facilities, Eleanor Roosevelt visit; career: job availability, Depression era, working· status of women, Jews, St. Elizabeth internship, first job at American Surety Company, American Indian project, Lands Division of Justice (Dept. of Justice), worked for husband's practice; marriage: courtship, spouse's career in law, mutual funds, consulting, own practice, move to Pennsylvania, early retirement, hobbies, orchestra, art; Mayor Walker scandal; lifestyles: WWI, Depression era, fifties, contraception, subway system, dress codes, family

Subjects

• Columbia University. School of Law--Alumni and alumnae.
• Green, Pamela, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Lobell, Griselda G., 1916-2006--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Women lawyers--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2002