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Priscilla Wheeler successfully competed in Moot Court and finished law school all while caring for her daughter, who was 20 months old in this photo from 1972.

Hastings Law News student columnist Priscilla Wheeler 鈥�75 reconsidered Wonder Woman as a feminist icon, writing in a Sept. 10, 1974, column that 鈥渕any women are tired of having to be superwoman in order to just be considered in the running.鈥澨�听

Wheeler鈥檚 column, called 鈥淲omen,鈥� appears to have begun in 1973. She had a daughter who was a toddler when she began law school in 1972.听听

In 鈥淲onder Woman Revisited/Or Not Everyone Can Throw a Golden Lasso,鈥� Wheeler wrote that 鈥淧erhaps a better symbol for feminism would be the earthy, less than perfect Ms. Caucus of Doonsbury fame. She’s a woman and feminist; one who has made mistakes and knows it. She will make more mistakes and she knows that too. 鈥� Ms. Caucus is a very human type person. She’s basically the kind of woman we are at Hastings.鈥�听

The issues she examined in her column — exactly 50 years ago —听remain salient today. 听

Wheeler exemplified success while overcoming very human challenges. In October 1974, she represented the College at the National Moot Court Competition regional event in Los Angeles. Along with Ken Paterson, she had been chosen to present oral arguments, and the team finished second at the competition 鈥� an outcome not without controversy.听听

HLN reported that Priscilla fought through a cold and unfavorable judges鈥� rulings at the competition. The latter twice gave the University of Southern California more time for their rebuttal in the narrow defeat.听听

In her Sept. 10 column, she continued: 鈥淢aybe we don’t need to be perfect to do something for ourselves and something for other women too. So what’s the point? The point is that Hastings needs all its women with all their differences and imperfections.鈥�听

Let the Record Show is occasional series that showcases people, moments, and milestones from 麻豆视频 Law San Francisco鈥檚 past. 听