Belva Lockwood : the Woman Who Would Be President.
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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| Language: | English |
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NYU Press,
2007
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Prologue and Acknowledgments; Early a Widow; In Search of a New Identity; Apprenticeship; Becoming a Lawyer; Notorious Ladies; ATougher 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; AWorld's Fair and a Million-Dollar Case; Aging Soldiers of Cause; Epilogue; Notes; Index; Illustrations follow page 154.
