of Helena Normanton on 22 Mecklenburgh Square in London, saying “Helena Normanton was the pioneer of female barristers. She had to overcome a great deal of prejudice and discrimination. A blue plaque is a fitting tribute to her courage and her example to women barristers everywhere.” Bibliography Parents and Children (1977, 2nd ed. 1981, Sweet and Maxwell) Women and the Law (as Brenda Hoggett, with Susan Atkins, 1984, republished 2018, Institute of Advanced Legal studies, University of London) The Family, Law & Society (with David Pearl, Elizabeth Cooke, Daniel Monk, 2009, Oxford University Press) Mental Health Law (2017, with Penelope Gorman, Rachel Barrett and Jessica Jones, Sweet & Maxwell, Spider Woman: A Life (2021, as Lady Hale) Arms References External links Profile from The Guardian, 9 January 2004 1945 births Living people Academics of King's College London Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge English King's Counsel British women lawyers Chancellors of the University of Bristol Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Presidents of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom English barristers English legal scholars English legal writers English women judges Family Division judges Fellows of Girton College, Cambridge Justices of the Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong) Hong Kong judges Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lady Justices of Appeal Law lords Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Presidents of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 20th-century King's Counsel Writers from Leeds 20th-century women lawyers 20th-century English women 20th-century English people Honorary Fellows of the British Academy 21st-century women judges