New York City Bar Association

On April 8, 1930, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Crater to the state Supreme Court to fill an unexpired term.

Even the City Bar Association supported the choice, per that New York Sun report.

The EBSCO research summary adds a little wrinkle.

In making the appointment, Roosevelt had passed over the machine's preferred candidate.

And New York was one of them where she practiced, where she was a lawyer.

In New York, she couldn't be in the New York City Bar Association because that organization's constitution just used the he pronoun in terms of membership.

And so she really started advocating.

And once she got to the ACLU's National Board of Directors, that kind of opened a really large door for her in terms of spreading her message about sex equality.

She obviously faced sex discrimination when she was applying to law school because she couldn't go to the law schools that she wanted to go to.

You know, at the time, women did not have the universal right to vote.

And so after that was won, she really believed the focus should be on compulsory jury service and as well as convincing, you know, the New York City Bar Association to let women in as members because they had a really great law library and they would only open that law library to women one day a year.

And so, you know, that on top of all of the other kind of injustices that and indignities about not being able to be a member of that Bar Association.

And New York was one of them where she practiced, where she was a lawyer.

In New York, she couldn't be in the New York City Bar Association because that organization's constitution just used the he pronoun in terms of membership.

And so she really started advocating.

And once she got to the ACLU's National Board of Directors, that kind of opened a really large door for her in terms of spreading her message about sex equality.

She obviously faced sex discrimination when she was applying to law school because she couldn't go to the law schools that she wanted to go to.

You know, at the time, women did not have the universal right to vote.

And so after that was won, she really believed the focus should be on compulsory jury service and as well as convincing, you know, the New York City Bar Association to let women in as members because they had a really great law library and And they would only open that law library to women one day a year.

And so, you know, that on top of all of the other kind of injustices and indignities about not being able to be a member of that bar association.

And New York was one of them where she practiced, where she was a lawyer.

In New York, she couldn't be in the New York City Bar Association because that organization's constitution just used the he pronoun in terms of membership.

And so she really started advocating.

And once she got to the ACLU's National Board of Directors, that kind of opened a really large door for her in terms of spreading her message about sex equality.

She obviously faced sex discrimination when she was applying to law school because she couldn't go to the law schools that she wanted to go to.

You know, at the time, women did not have the universal right to vote.

And so after that was won, she really believed the focus should be on compulsory jury service and as well as convincing, you know, the New York City Bar Association to let women in as members because they had a really great law library and they would only open that law library to women one day a year.

And so, you know, that on top of all of the other kind of injustices that and indignities about not being able to be a member of that Bar Association.

And New York was one of them where she practiced, where she was a lawyer.

In New York, she couldn't be in the New York City Bar Association because that organization's constitution just used the he pronoun in terms of membership.

And so she really started advocating.

And once she got to the ACLU's National Board of Directors, that kind of opened a really large door for her in terms of spreading her message about sex equality.

She obviously faced sex discrimination when she was applying to law school because she couldn't go to the law schools that she wanted to go to.

You know, at the time, women did not have the universal right to vote.

And so after that was won, she really believed the focus should be on compulsory jury service and as well as convincing, you know, the New York City Bar Association to let women in as members because they had a really great law library and they would only open that law library to women one day a year.

And so, you know, that on top of all of the other kind of injustices that and indignities about not being able to be a member of that bar association.

So I took animal law classes.

I had the benefit of having a, a wonderful mentor, animal law mentor, who advised me to join the Animal Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, which is actually the first animal law committee of any bar association in the United States, and they do amazing policy and legal work.

I ended up becoming the chair of that committee for many years and led legal and policy efforts on a number of issues on a local, state, and federal basis as it relates to animals.

So, you know, everything from better laws to protect animals in factory farming, banning the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores.