Shirley Abrahamson is the first woman lawyer hired by a private firm in Madison
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Abrahamson earns her doctorate in American legal history, is admitted to the Wisconsin bar, and becomes the first woman lawyer hired by a private firm in Madison. Within a year, she becomes a named partner.