The founding members  gathered in the summer of 1980 for the first organizational meeting at The Florida Bar's old education building. No list of the founders exists, but a February 1981 membership list exists and we have adopted the members on that list as our founding members.  They are listed below. 

 

 The founders ultimately decided on the name, wrote a constitution and by-laws, and determined that its purposes would be: "(1) to promote the status of women in the legal community; and (2) to create, improve, and maintain supportive networks among women in the legal profession through mutual cooperation, respect, and good friendship." These purposes are now included in TWL's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

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Paulette Vernia Armstead

Drucilla Bell

Mary Anne Bestebreurtje

Sarah Margaret Bleakley

Carol Martha Browner

Janice Mulligan Bush

Ann Cocheu

Martha Jean Cook

Ivy B. Cream Harris

Judith Curtin

Joyce Davis

Kathleen F. Dekker

Julia Patricia Forrester

Carol A. Forthman

Tina Hipple Furlow

Mary Jo MacDonald Gallay

Deborah A. Getzoff

Ruth Lucinda Gokel

Diane Arden Grubbs

Jane R. Harris

Rose Deeb Kitchen

M. Catherine Lannon

Barbara Myrie Lithicum

Anne Longman

Lesley Fellows Mendelson

Lyndia F. Padgett Spears

Glenna Joyce Reeves

Mary Lou Rajchel

Bonnie S. Satterfield

Vicky A. Savage

Linda Cargill Smith

Sharyn Lynn Smith

Barbara Jean Staros

Delphene C. Strickland

Sandra Lee Turner

Barbara Jane Yates

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