doi:10.7916/d8-vqcv-xg78Reminiscences of Justine Wise Polier, 1981Polier, Justine Wise, 1903-1987oral historiesmixed materialLawyersWomen judgesDomestic relationsChildren--Legal status, laws, etcGovernment insuranceNew York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951Polier, Justine Wise, 1903-1987Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949Wise and Waterman family backgrounds; family relations, especially with father, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise; college education at Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe and Barnard, A.B.1924; early jobs in labor and attempts to organize New Jersey textile industry; Yale Law School, LL.B.1928; referee, New York Dept. of Labor, on medical compensation cases; Assistant Corporation Counsel under Mayor LaGuardia, setting up model insurance system, 1934-35; judge, New York City Court of Domestic Relations: changes in court procedure, attempts to make treatment of children by voluntary agencies and courts more humane and equitable