Mab Copland Lineman

[2][3] She was extension lecturer at the University of California and conducted legislative protection classes for several years in Los Angeles.

[6] She was a member of the State Bar of California, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Women's City Club, Order of the Eastern Star, Eleanor Joy Toll Association, Republican Study Club, Women's Political League, Sigma Iota Chi Legal Fraternity.

[9] In 1946, a union strike caused the lack of breakfast at a Women's Breakfast Club meeting, and Lineman, president of the club, led members in opposition: We go on record as demanding that the right of free enterprise be restored in this country; that men and women can work without being forced to belong to a union; that when there is a strike nonunion men and women may work without detriment to themselves or their employers, and that the government enforce such rights to the end that the great majority of unorganized citizens may live normal lives as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

[10]In 1948 she was on the Women's Division essay contest jury for the activities organized by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in connection with the Freedom Train.

The subject of the contest was "What I Mean by the American Way of Life" and the first prize winner was Jeannie Dean Murphy, principal of Florence Avenue School.

[11] She believed in the positive effect on society of personal knowledge of individual legal rights therefore she taught classes specifically aimed to women; aided by the Board of Education she had biweekly courses in two different locations, May Co.'s auditorium and Fair Park Ave.

[4] In 1936 she moved for one year to her native Scotland, settling in a family estate near the River Tay, opposite the summer home of the Duchess of Athol.