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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451887503321

Autore

Norgren Jill

Titolo

Belva Lockwood [[electronic resource] ] : the woman who would be president / / Jill Norgren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-8147-5861-4

0-8147-5906-8

1-4356-0041-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

340.092

B

Soggetti

Lawyers - United States

Women lawyers - United States

Lawyers

Women lawyers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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