Clara Shortridge Foltz
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Clara Shortridge Foltz was an American lawyer, the first female lawyer on the West Coast, and the pioneer of the idea of the public defender. The Criminal Courts Building in downtown Los Angeles was r
Foltz, c. 1890-1899
Laura de Force Gordon
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Laura de Force Gordon was a California lawyer, newspaper publisher, and a prominent suffragette. She was the first woman to run a daily newspaper in the United States, and the second female lawyer adm
Clara Shortridge Foltz
…the United States. Having little formal education, she wished to study at the first law school in California to improve her skills. Alongside her ally Laura de Force Gordon, Foltz applied to Hastings College of the Law but was denied admission because of her sex. Foltz and Gordon sued, but recognized that they faced strong…
Laura de Force Gordon
Advertisement in the San Francisco Daily Alta for a talk on suffrage given by Gordon in 1870.