Justice George Sutherland was a strong supporter of women\u2019s rights. Among other things, as a Senator from Utah he was Congress\u2019 leading supporter of the Nineteenth Amendment. But Sutherland\u2019s record on women\u2019s rights has long been obscured by his undeserved reputation as a reactionary.<\/p>\n
Part I of this Article discusses Sutherland\u2019s argument in Adkins v. Children\u2019s Hospital that, in light of passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women were entitled to the same level of liberty of contract as men, including the liberty to bargain for wages.<\/p>\n
Part II of this Article reviews the dismissive attitude historians have taken towards Sutherland\u2019s egalitarian reasoning and rhetoric in Adkins. As dis-cussed in Part II, this dismissiveness neglects Sutherland\u2019s pre-judicial record of support for women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n
Part III of this Article reviews several speeches Sutherland gave in support of the Nineteenth Amendment, with the purpose of trying to better understand his support for women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n
Among other contributions made by this Article, it is the first to note that Justice Sutherland\u2019s wife, Rosamond Lee Sutherland, was a strong public sup-porter of women\u2019s suffrage. Mrs. Sutherland may have influenced her husband\u2019s perspective regarding women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n