: Barbara Babcock
: Woman Lawyer The Trials of Clara Foltz
: Stanford University Press
: 9780804779357
: 1
: CHF 32.30
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: Allgemeines, Lexika
: English
: 392
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
Woman Lawyer tells the story of Clara Foltz, the first woman admitted to the California Bar. Famous in her time as a public intellectual, leader of the women's movement, and legal reformer, Foltz faced terrific prejudice and well-organized opposition to women lawyers as she tried cases in front of all-male juries, raised five children as a single mother, and stumped for political candidates. She was the first to propose the creation of a public defender to balance the public prosecutor. Woman Lawyer uncovers the legal reforms and societal contributions of a woman celebrated in her day, but lost to history until now. It casts new light on the turbulent history and politics of California in a period of phenomenal growth and highlights the interconnection of the suffragists and other movements for civil rights and legal reforms.