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Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This post discusses Belva Lockwood's struggle to gain admission to practice law in a time where many jurisdictions would not admit a woman to the bar.
Posted in: Guest Post, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
Post detailing the life of the first woman Secretary of Labor, and architect of Social Security, Frances Perkins.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
This post highlights a few entries from the U.S. Congressional Series Set related to Susan B. Anthony and the early women's suffrage movement.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
August 1, 2020, marks the 40th anniversary of Vigdis Finbogadottir's inauguration as President of Iceland on August 1, 1980. She was the first woman to be democratically elected president in any nation. Learn more about her and the Icelandic Presidency in this blog post.
Posted in: Global Law, In the News, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Robert Brammer
Clare brings us a post on the Women's Movement to gain the Parliamentary vote in the United Kingdom in part 1 of a 2 part blog post series.
Posted in: Collections, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post is a short history of Mary Church Terrell, suffragist and civil rights activist, wife of Judge Robert H Terrell, and subject of the test case District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Women's History