In the early 1940s, Clara Anderson worked as a bartender at
a local hotel until the St. Paul City Council enacted an ordinance barring women
from working behind the bar as men returned from World War II. Rather than lose
her job to a man, Anderson went to court. Her battle lasted three years and
involved one tenacious lawyer and nine judges along the way. Ramsey County
District Court Judge John Guthmann accidentally discovered this long-forgotten
case when conducting research for a judicial portrait dedication at the Ramsey
County Law Library. Intrigued, he wanted to learn more about her. Using court
records, family stories and photographs, and newspaper accounts, Guthmann
brought Anderson’s story and her fight against discrimination to life in a May
2020 article published in Ramsey County History Magazine. He now brings
that story to members of the MSBA, HCBA, and
RCBA.
This CLE is approved for credit through
March 29, 2024.
Speaker:
John
H. Guthmann | Former Chief Judge of Minnesota’s Second Judicial
District
CLE Credits:
1.0 Elimination of Bias CLE Credit | Event
Code: 454950
Cost:
MSBA Members: $29.95
Non-MSBA
Members: $64.95