Unlocking Doors: Reflections on Myrna Raeder's Generativity and Generosity

Abstract

Celebrating Myrna Raeder is an honor, as is joining this symposium, Locking Up Females, which is a fitting tribute to her work. My connection to Myrna comes through joining with her in efforts to respond to gender inequalities in the institutions around us. The problems we saw were not only in jails and prisons, which famously occupied Myrna's time, but also in law schools and courts. Thus, in Myrna's memory and in her tradition, I reflect on some of the issues that we encountered and the collective efforts in which we participated to mitigate some of the hardships.