Dates
- Creation: 1853-1958
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. The majority of the collection is available only through microfilm or digital surrogates of the original materials. The following materials are available without restriction: #1-103a, 644-647, 650-6521030-1035, 1041-1047, 1049-1051, 1055-1056, 1059-1068, 1084-1091, 1093-1102, 1107-1109.
Extent
35.46 linear feet (85 file boxes) plus 7 oversize volumes, 39 framed items, 1 folio+ folder, 1 folio folder, 4 reels of microfilm (M-91, M-93, M-108)Biographical / Historical
Emma Fall Schofield (1885- ) - lawyer. She was admitted to the Mass. bar in 1908. She was commissioner of Massachusetts Industrial Accident Board (1922-1927); assistant attorney general of Massachusetts (1927-1930); associated justice of 1st District Court of Eastern Middlesex, Malden, Massachusetts (1930-1957). She was the first woman in New England to sit on the bench, first woman commissioner in Mass, first woman assistant attorney general in New England. She organized probation work for women and girls in Springfield (1911-1912). Judge Schofield is the daughter of Anna Christy Fall.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.