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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post will highlight the life and career of Bessie Margolin, including her most influential case Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Company, which has been compared to Brown v. Board in terms of its importance to U.S. law.
Posted in: Collections, Jewish American History, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following is a guest post by Alexander Salopek, a collection development specialist in the Collection Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. He previously wrote posts on Fred Korematsu’s Drive for Justice, Fred Korematsu Winning Justice, What a Difference 17 Years Made, Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, and …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Today's blog post discusses the history of civil rights activist, feminist and scholar Dr. Anna Julia Cooper, first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Women's History