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"Wisconsin Estate Journal Women MADISON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1962 ramisy r- I 1 w- a I 3 in "I 1 Busy at Work in Her Own Office i Shes a awyer! i By LOUISE C. MARSTOM (Stat Jwtnial Sactctv Edltw) Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson, 1101 Fish Hatchery Is only 28 years old and ber life's "biggest dream" has come true. She's a full-fledged lawyer. What's more a rarity in the Midwest-she's a highly respected associate in an otherwise all-male law firm. Mrs Abrahamson, wife of Prof.

Seymour Abra-hamson, of the University of Wisconsin zoology department, is not the only woman attorney in Madison by a long shot. There ars a number or Circuit Judge Norris E. Moloney Hears Her Plead a Case Mrs. Abrahamson enjoys "all phases" of general law work and hopes to have the challenge of participating in multiple facets of the profession. She is shown above directing a question to a client in court, while Circuit Judge Norris E.

Maloney listens intently. Mrs. Abrahamson received a doctor of" Juridical science degree from the Unlver-ilty of Wisconsin Law school on June 4. feminine lawyers in government service here. Ther are two or three who are in practice by themselves, and another young wife and mother who is associated with her father.

But Mrs. Abrahamson, a petite young woman -with jet black hair and sparkling black eyes, is one of the few women law graduates to be chosen as an "associate" of an all-male law firm in this part of the United States. (Being an associate means that she is "an employe of the A brilliant student with an academic record filled with top honors, Mrs. Abrahamson was one of three people to receive doctor of Juridical science degrees from the University of Wisconsin on June 4. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of Coif, she did her doctoral thesis on "The Legal History of the Dairy Industry in Wisconsin." Earlier, she had received a BA.

degree in political science, magna cum laude, from New York University, and had graduated first in her class from the Law school of Indiana University. Shortly after the Wisconsin commencement exercises, it was announced that Mrs. Abrahamson had been named an associate of the Madison law firm of LaFollette, Sinykin, Doyle, and Anderson. "I have wanted to be a lawyer ever since I was a little girl," says Mrs. Abrahamson with a radiant smile.

"But the most marvelous part of all is that the men of my firm treat me like 'one of the boys, professionally That makes me the happiest of anything." Prof, and Mrs. Abrahamson, who have been living in Madison in a rented house since June of 1960, are in the process of hunting for their "dream, home." "I will know it the minute I see it," says Mrs. Abrahamson. "I want something with trees and a rustic air in an older, well-established neighborhood It can be either colonial or contemporary-Just as long as it has the 'personality' I'm looking for." Prof and Mrs. Abrahamson are currently en-Joying trie thrill of their first European trip.

Leaving by plane on Aug. 2, they flew to England, where he will attend the congress of the International Radiation Research Society in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Aug. 5-11. They also will attend another scientific meeting in Leyden, Holland, before going to Copenhagen and London "Just for fun." They will return Sept. 4.

Shirley Abrahamson, who has been married for nine years, is the epitome of the modern career woman with multiple Interests. She likes people, parties, chic clothes, reading, cooking, music, and art. She is an active member of the League of Women Voters and believes in its goals. Her "true loves," however, are her husband, their two Irish setters, Briscoe and Betsy-B, and the legal profession. 4 I A "highlight of her life" occurred July 17 when Mrs.

Abrahamson was admitted to the practice of law in the state of Wisconsin in a ceremony held in the State Supreme Court chambers. Justice E. Harold Hallows, 703 Moygara is shown in the picture at the right, "swearing in" the attractive young woman lawyer. Mrs. Abrahamson says that she has wanted to be an attorney "ever 6inca can remember." STATE JOURNAL PHOTOS BT EDWIN STEW the Bar is a Solemn Occasion Being Admitted to Creativity Blooms at Sunset Show 1 jljf A Flowers and plants of all kinds bloomed Thursday in the Midvale Community Lutheran Church, where the Sunset Garden club held its first flower show in 10 years.

Members and their families and friends had a chance to display both their creativity in arranging blooms of all kinds into floral pieces of various themes and their skill as flower and plant growers. V.JV 4 I ct "7 1 At -I I I it i 5 A fe. i V- 1 1. i -4 V. I 1 1 1 it 4 In the Junior division, Carol Littleton, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Harvey Littleton, Verona, used a pull toy for this charming arrangement on the theme "Summer Babysitting." Mrs. Dean Rischmueller, Rt. 1, Waunsies, carried out the theme "Wayside Scene, above, with an ar-rangraetit of materials easily found along a roadside. Begonias, thorn tree branches, and applw were combined in a stunning display by Mrs.

A F. MacRavey, 4025 Earnmerslsy rd, at right. She Enjoys a Romp With Her Irish Setters Mrs. Abrahamson and her hus-ii. an assistant professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin, are devoted to their two handsome Irish setters.

Briscoe and Betsy-B. The youthful, woman attorney is shown taking the two dogs for a stroll near her home. STATE JOURNAL THOTOJ By EDWIN STEIN.