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Author Norgren, Jill.

Title Belva Lockwood : the woman who would be president / Jill Norgren
Published New York ; London : New York University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrations
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
Summary 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 rights. As Norgren shows, Lockwood was fearless in confronting the male establishment, commanding the attention of presidents, members of Congress, influential writers, and everyday Americans. Obscured for too long in the historical shadow of her longtime colleague, Susan B. Anthony, Lockwood steps into the
Analysis Acounts
accomplished
advocates
centurys
first
life
most
nineteenth
rights
story
surprising
time
womens
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-290) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917.
Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917
Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography
Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography
Lawyers
Women lawyers
Women.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Lawyers
Women lawyers
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781435600416
143560041X
0814758614
9780814758618