Belva Lockwood : the woman who would be president /

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Foreword by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would Be President, prize-winning legal historian Jill Norgren recounts, for the first time, the life story of one of the nineteenth century's most surprising and accomplished advocates for women's...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norgren, Jill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; London : New York University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Lockwood, Belva Ann, > 1830-1917.
Lockwood, Belva Ann, > 1830-1917
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Women lawyers > United States > Biography.
Lawyers.
Women lawyers.
Avocats > États-Unis > Biographies.
Avocates > États-Unis > Biographies.
Lawyers
Women lawyers
United States
Acounts.
accomplished.
advocates.
centurys.
first.
life.
most.
nineteenth.
rights.
story.
surprising.
time.
womens.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early a widow
  • In search of a new identity
  • Apprenticeship
  • Becoming a lawyer
  • Notorious ladies
  • A tougher fight
  • Woman lawyer
  • The practice of law
  • Lady lobbyist
  • Lockwood for president
  • Life on the platform
  • Lay down your arms
  • The power of association
  • Pushing for place
  • A world's fair and a million dollar case
  • Aging soldiers of cause.

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