Quote by Patricia Ireland

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the '70s and '80s when we were fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment, states like Louisiana still had a head and master law.

When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our le

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This quote highlights the author's surprise upon discovering that the legal system historically upheld the concept of males being the head and master of the family. It emphasizes that this notion persisted in some states, such as Louisiana, even during the 1970s and 1980s when advocates were pushing for gender equality through initiatives like the Equal Rights Amendment. The quote reflects the author's astonishment at the presence of such patriarchal laws within the legal system until relatively recent times.

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