When a local defense attorney noted for ferocity in appearance as well as conduct approached the bench with a man she was representing, the judge asked the defendant: "What's she charged with?"
-Quoted in Tony Hillerman's Foreward to Robbers Rogues and Ruffians (1991) by Howard Bryan
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Because the concept of a female felon is easier to accept than the concept of a female professional. And those who are successful are labeled as ferocious and unladylike.
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