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Newspaper articles about Belva Lockwood
Photocopies, many of which are cut off or incomplete. Contains newspaper articles, tributes, political cartoons, and her obituary. Also includes sheet music for a song about Belva Lockwood written by De Wolf Hopper. The articles, some of which were written by Lockwood, discuss for campaigns for president of the United States, her prominent cases as a lawyer, and her peace and women's suffrage activities. There are also many articles announcing her birthdays later in life since she had become a very prominent figure.
Lockwood, Belva Ann, 1830-1917
1884-1917
91 pages
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Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, SCPC-DG-098
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, SCPC-DG-098 --http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/scpc-dg-098
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Mrs. Belva
A LLocKwoo
The American Woman's [Review
The Pioneer Woman Lawyer
of the Umited States
One of (be most renurkable figures
of the century is Mrs. Belva Anne
Lockwood, luwyer, arbitrationis(, term
perance and laber reformer, lecturer
and writer on social and political topr
ies a worth sufffagish and a wari
ndvoente far universal peace,
For fifteen years she made a living
by deaching school, but finally her aim-
bition Jed her to select a wider sphere
of bitter
of usefulness. In the face
opposifion, and at a time when the
doors of colleges were barred fo wom-
en, she determined to stidy law. She
was finally aecepted as a student at
the National University of Washing
ton, D. C., and passing her examina-
tion with honor, received the dexree
of Bachelor of Laws in PS73, jut the
Rableon wee wet vel passed, as tore
of (he slates were ready to accept a
In tS@8 Airs. Lack
wonian af tlie bar.
wood, aftey dnree years of sircniuois
effort, secured the passage of a bill
admitting wom to practice i the
Supreme Court and was herself ad-
mitted under +his act, also to plead
before the Court of Claims at the Na-
tional cayital. This was an important
step, buf still innumerable obstacles
were placed im her path which was
sown rather with dragous’ teeth than
With roses. 1
that
the bar of the United States Supreme
is interesting to nole
she was refused admittance to
Court on the eround that there were
no English precedents for the admis-
vain she insisted
sion of women, In
fhat Queen Eleanor and Queen Eliza-
beth had both been Supreme Chancel:
lors of the rewim and that Anna, Com
Assizes at
the
fess of Pembroke, at the
Appleby, sat with the judges on
bench.
However, in the face of ridicule and
discouragement, she managed by her
leral ability and perseverence to so-
eure a number of important cases. She
was made the attorney in the ecle
brated case brought against (he United
States by 6.000 Eastern and lmigrant
Cherokee Indians. By her zeal, brid
ligat oratory and persuasive pleaditna,
Mrs, Lockwood won the case in the
Supreme Court of the
receiving a judgment for $5,900,000
against the government in favor of her
clients, Sinee then she has won many
important cases, and, at the advanced
age of SO, continues the practice af
law.
Mrs. Lockwood is a publie-spirited
United States, .
» Cownatess Amme de Montaigu
the
The women
in the government offices in Washing:
ton owe her a debt of gratitude, as it
wag she who was instrumental in hav-
ing a bill passed by which the fentale
woman, and hag done much for
advancement of her sex.
employes of the departments shoula
receive the same pay as men. In 1896
she used her influence to the
bill through
reguhating the descent of property to
women In the District of Colima,
and giving them equal guardianship of
their children with their husbands,
It was through her untiring efforts
thal women were appointed as police
and jail matrons. She also was Instru-
mental in getting a House of Deten-
ijon for women and children.
Mrs, Lockwood in spite of her legal
practice and philanthropic work, has
found time for study and improvement.
In 1890 she went to England for the
purpose of faking a exten:
Secure
passage of a Congress
course on
sion lectures at the University of Ox.
ford. She was in {896 commissioned
by the Stafe Bepartment at Washing:
{on fo represent the United States at
the Congress of Charities and Corree-
tion held at Geneva, Switzerland,
where she presented a paper describ-
ing the work tnangurated by the Chart-
ties of the District of Columbia. On
the same trip she visited the Peace
Congress held at Buda-Pesth, and also
attended the Woman's Congress att
Berlin. where she presented an. ex-
haustive report on the legal and politi-
eal status of the women of the United
States, which excited universal inter-
est and was published in the Swiss
Yahr Buch for 1877.
Seven times has Mrs.
sent to Europe
to the Universal Peace Congresses.
She was elected secretary of the
American branch of the International
Peace Bureau of Berne, Switzerland,
which position she has held since 1902,
having been re-elected evepy year.
Mrs. Lockwood's name echoed
through the land when. in 1884, she
was at San Francisco nominated for
President of the United States by the
qual Rights Party, and again in 1888
at Des Moines, Towa, After this for
eight years she was a popular lecturer
on political and social topies, ber bril-
liant oratory and convincing argu.
ments securing many adherents to the
party she represented. Twice has the
woman lawyer been the president of
the Woman’s National Press Associa-
tion and of the Washington Woman's
Suffrage Club. She fs still doing a
vreat deal of press work.
The latest honor conferred on her
is the presidency of the White House
Chapter of The American Woman’s
League. As the only Destor of Laws
of the United Stales, and as
the (hree women in the world who
have earned that distinction, Mrs.
Lockwood has been chosen to repre-
Lockwood
been as a delegate
one of
sent this intelligent. body of women,
This is a fitting reeognition of all
that she has done for her sex.
In June, 1911, this public-spiriled
and woman was chosen to
head the procession of 700 alumni of
which {50 were graduates of the Uni-
It was from
this colloze that she received the de-
erce of Doctor of Laws, as a compl
ment offered to a graduate of the in-
stitution whieh had conferred on her
the degree.
learned
versity of Svracuse, N.Y.
Let not any woman despair of en-
tering any of the learned professions
for which she has a talent.or a lean-
ing, for in the face of discourage-
ment Mrs. Lockwood has succeeded in
achieving honor and emolument, her
eareer being inaugurated at a time
when every obstacle was placed in the
path of a woman who had been dar-
ing enough to enter in a field hitherto
debarred to her sex, All honor to her
indomitable will and initiative which
should inspire others to do likewise.
Modern Educational
Imstitute
By MARY TURNER
fret drapmiony, from heaventy harmony,
This universal frame began;
From harmony to harmony
Through all the comyuss of the notes
it ran,
The diapason closing full in man,
~-Dryden.
The creation of Adam cotpleted
the harmony, ‘The first diséordant
nate was heard some time after woman
appeared in the beautiful garden, that
is snid to have flourished on the banks
of the Muphrates, irom the day that
prompted by selfishness. Eve shared
the fruit with her companion. Wom-
en of all generations have desired to
give, to help, to uplift. These words
from the Beatitudes.
“Blessed are the merciful,
‘Blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the peace-mak
have not been to them meai less.
They have stirred, to the depths; many
a spiritual nature,
Never has
there been a time when
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A Prominent Educator and Club Woman, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
forth her hand and
picked the apple inharmonious sounds
have reached the sensitive ear,
The first woman came into the
world with a desire to know and an
inclination to Her daughters
{hese traits, so down
through the ages have come echoes of
persistent de-
These demands have not been
eve. stretched
give.
have inherited
discords caused by
mands.
the heart of woman has been satisfied.
There has always been a longing, a
reaching out, for something, at times.
seemingly, unattainable. THl about
the middle of the last century there
was a void in her life.
Mrs. Runcie, of New Harmony, In-
giana, organized the first woman’s
club September 20, 1855. That date
marks the beginning of a new era.
Lockwood-0102_52
reformatted digital
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, SCPC-DG-098 --http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/scpc-dg-098
Lockwood-0102_52