Belva Lockwood : the woman who would be president / / Jill Norgren

• Autore: Norgren Jill
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : New York University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Disciplina: 340.092; B
• Soggetto topico: Lawyers - United States; Women lawyers - United States; Lawyers; Women lawyers
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Belva Lockwood
• ISBN: 0-8147-5861-4; 0-8147-5906-8; 1-4356-0041-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819574403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II