03263nam 22008534a 450 991081957440332120240516124823.00-8147-5861-40-8147-5906-81-4356-0041-X10.18574/nyu/9780814759066(CKB)1000000000476556(EBL)865679(OCoLC)779828183(SSID)ssj0000110226(PQKBManifestationID)11140149(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110226(PQKBWorkID)10081318(PQKB)10257066(MiAaPQ)EBC865679(OCoLC)173511623(MdBmJHUP)muse10626(Au-PeEL)EBL865679(CaPaEBR)ebr10172671(DE-B1597)547752(DE-B1597)9780814759066(EXLCZ)99100000000047655620061018d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBelva Lockwood[electronic resource] the woman who would be president /Jill Norgren1st ed.New York ;London New York University Press20071 online resource (346 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5851-7 0-8147-5834-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-290) and index.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.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 theLawyersUnited StatesBiographyWomen lawyersUnited StatesBiographyLawyersWomen lawyersAcounts.accomplished.advocates.centurys.first.life.most.nineteenth.rights.story.surprising.time.womens.LawyersWomen lawyersLawyers.Women lawyers.340.092BNorgren Jill672437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819574403321Belva Lockwood4077948UNINA