Oral history interview with Ruth Tachna, 1997

Biographical Note

Attorney-at-law

Scope and Contents

Family; Columbia University Law School; Brooklyn Law School; marriage; retention of maiden name; sexual discrimination; career and children; Family Court; Children's Court; women's roles in society

Subjects

• Columbia University. School of Law--Alumni and alumnae.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Reiss, Elaine S., 1940- interviewer.
• Tachna, Ruth--Interviews.
• Women lawyers--Interviews.

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