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
Laura de Force Gordon
Advertisement in the San Francisco Daily Alta for a talk on suffrage given by Gordon in 1870.
Belva Ann Lockwood
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Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood was an American lawyer, politician, educator, and author who was active in the women's rights and women's suffrage movements. She was one of the first women lawyers in the U
Laura de Force Gordon
…to their heart's content". On February 3, 1883, Gordon became the second woman to be admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court, after Belva Lockwood. Gordon retired from the legal profession in 1901, and spent her last years on her farm in Lodi, California. Her health deteriorated in 1906 after the…
Belva Ann Lockwood between 1865 and 1880
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, c. 1880
Engraving of Lockwood, c. 1883
Belva Lockwood ship figurehead