Belva Lockwood: Blazing the trail for women in law
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A brief description of the struggles of Belva Lockwood, one of America's first female lawyers, is presented. She had a long and diverse legal career in Washington, D. C., that included pension, patent, and police court work, and representation in divorce cases and claims by the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
Publication Name: Prologue
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0033-1031
Year: 2005
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Wild rose: Rose O'Neale Greenhow, Civil War spy
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Rose Greenhow was the Civil War's best known secret agent who sent a coded message to Confederate General Pierre G.T. Beauregard on July 10 1861, that the Union army would attack his forces at Manassas in a week. The biography Wild Rose: Civil War Spy proves that she was not a timid witness.
Publication Name: Prologue
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0033-1031
Year: 2005
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