Diane B. Schulder

Diane Schulder Abrams (née Schulder; born 1937) is an American attorney, feminist, and author.

Early life and education Diane B. Schulder was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1937. She was raised in a Jewish family, the daughter of Jacob Schulder, who became CEO of the Gibralter Corporation of America, and Hilda Schulder. Schulder was raised on Long Island. Later, she worked at Brown Harris Stevens, practicing real estate law in Manhattan.

Schulder is credited with founding the first law school course on women and the law in 1969 at the University of Pennsylvania and later at New York University School of Law.

Books

Abortion Rap by Diane Schulder and Florynce Kennedy (McGraw-Hill, 1971) My Grandmother's Candlesticks: Judaism & Feminism A Multigenerational Memoir by Diane Schulder Abrams (Ktav, 2024)

Personal life Schulder married Robert Abrams, then the Bronx Burough President, on September 15, 1974. The couple has two children, Rachel and Becky, and eight grandchildren. Schulder gave birth to Becky at the age of 49, which she attributes to a blessing received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.