Introduction

Courting Kathleen Hannigan is based on Mary Hutchings Reed's (Yale Law, '76) personal knowledge of what goes on behind those beautifully veneered law firm doors. Kathleen Hannigan shrewdly plays the partnership game with her whole heart until she is called to testify in a sex discrimination suit and is forced to choose between her partners and her principles.

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Discussion Questions

1. Did Kathleen change her basic personality in order to fit in to a man's world? Do women generally need to change their personalities in any way to accommodate the demands of the business world? Where do business norms and business cultures come from? Do men also have to conform? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

2. Which women in the story did you most identify with?

3. What changes would a woman member of the Executive committee or the senior management of a business firm be able to effect? How could they go about making those changes?

4. Did Jill make the right decision in leaving the Firm?

5. How would you have testified in Ann Rose's discrimination suit? What would you expect to be the consequences of your testimony?

6 Was Marshall right to take Kathleen's name off of the brief they filed in the first case they filed for Anthony?

7. How do you envision the future of Kitty's and Marshall's relationship?

8. What strategies could Kathleen have utilized to neutralize Brian's taking credit for her work and career?

9. Do you think Kathleen had a drinking problem? Anthony? Jimmy? If so, at what point did you begin to think drinking was an issue for any of them?

10. If you work outside the home, were there any incidents in the book that were similar to something which has happened to you? How much do you think business culture has changed, if at all, since you began your career? What changes have you seen? What changes would you like to see in the future?

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