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cjgl-2455	Dubler, Ariela; Rahman, Anika; Rodgers, Kathy; Spinak, Jane	Women’s Rights: Reframing the Issues for the Future	2003	28	.pdf	application/pdf	14680	634	64	From the perspective of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century lawmakers and judges, the appeal of what I am c ailing marriage's shadow starts to become clear when you consider that almost all cases that were brought by single women were brought by women who needed financial support.28 They were seeking money from either a male partner who had disappeared or from the estate of a male partner who had died.29 I am particularly pleased to be here today with Columbia Law School alumnae because Columbia women have been a substantial part of our team throughout these thirty-two years as members o f our s taff, a s a cademic p artners, a s student i nterns (including some young men), as part of our volunteer leadership, as pro bono attorneys, and as supporters.	cache/cjgl-2455.pdf	txt/cjgl-2455.txt