Justice is a woman by Helen Haberman
"Justice is a woman" by Helen Haberman is a novel written in the mid-20th century. Set in New York’s legal and political circles on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, it follows modest attorney Larry Frank and his brilliant, well-connected classmate Arthur H. Bemrose, a rising Wall Street-Washington figure shaped by the legacy of the late Judge Haynes. As their friendship rubs against ambition, influence, and ideals of justice,
two contrasting women—cool, unassuming Lucy McVail and sharp, celebrated journalist Janice Baldwin—test both men’s loyalties and blind spots. Expect a character-driven legal drama about power, reputation, and what “being good” in the law really costs. The opening of the novel introduces Larry entering Arthur’s august Wall Street office, steeped in the shadow of Judge Haynes, where he meets the elderly clerk Tim Hoxter and Tim’s Iowa-born ward, Lucy, embroiled in an inheritance dispute with her brother. Larry observes Arthur’s high-level calls with the Attorney-General and a star reporter, glimpses Arthur’s selective-client philosophy and cavalier approach to fees, and hears a journalist, Janice Baldwin, angling for a Supreme Court piece invoking Haynes’s legacy. Over nights of poker and bar talk, Arthur frets about Janice’s article and his discomfort with “brainy” women, while Larry agrees to shepherd Lucy’s settlement, then visits her modest West End Avenue home and sees her gentle steadiness—and a wholesome beau—up close. Tension peaks at a strained lunch when Janice announces plans to return to wartime reporting in Britain, Arthur snaps under work and pride, and he wounds Larry with a cutting remark, signaling early fractures between principle, ego, and friendship. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Haberman, Helen |
|---|---|
| Title | Justice is a woman |
| Original Publication | New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1947. |
| Credits | Carla Foust, Adam Buchbinder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Marriage -- Fiction |
| Subject | Lawyers -- Fiction |
| Subject | World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78006 |
| Release Date | Feb 22, 2026 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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