An Indignity Not to be Borne: Belva Lockwood and the Struggle for Women’s Equality

By Maryann Saccomando Freedman - July 24, 2017

Royalton's Belva Lockwood was the first female to be admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court and was later also the first full-fledged female candidate for president.

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An Indignity Not to be Borne: Belva Lockwood and the Struggle for Women’s Equality