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Author Norgren, Jill.

Title Belva Lockwood : the woman who would be president / Jill Norgren ; foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Imprint New York ; London : New York University Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  340 L814Bn 2007    ---  Available
Description xviii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-290) and index.
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.
Subject Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917.
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917.
Lawyers.
Women lawyers.
Added Author Ginsburg, Ruth Bader.
ISBN 0814758347 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814758342 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814758519
0814758517
Standard No. YDXCP 2493261
NZ1 11076923
AU@ 000041000726

 
    
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