Today's blog post is part two of yesterday's post on the history of the American bar exam and explores the pioneers who broke through the discriminatory barriers over time.
The following is a guest post by Alice Condry-Power, a former intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is an undergraduate student studying English at Skidmore College. When you see a red sole on the bottom of a high-heeled shoe, where does your mind go? Many would connect this …
Former Digital Resources Division intern Kaycee Conover introduces us to Filipino revolutionary José Rizal, whose writings moved Congress during the consideration of the Philippine Bill in 1902.
On June 15, 1869, Arabella Belle Mansfield took the bar examination for the state of Iowa and and later that year became the first woman admitted to a state bar in the United States.
Today's blog post is about the Netherlands Carillon, gifted to the United States by the Netherlands to express gratitude for America’s aid to the Dutch people during and after World War II.