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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
reformatted digital
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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RerStGTON TIMES, THERSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1911.
Belwa A. Lockwood, Noted Worker for Peace,
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. Long’ Known. As Leader In Move-
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Aeropianing is to be added to the long
Mast of achievements which make Mrs.
Belva Lockwood, lawyer, pioneer advo-
4 cate of peace, and one time candidate
of the woman’s suffrage movement for!
President of the Uniied States, an un-
usual national figure.
Mrs. Lockwood, who for many years
has pursued the practice of law in
Washington, has accepted the invita-
‘tion of an aeroplane company to ride in
one its machines at College Park in
the ar future.
, When she was a child, she relates,
one of her earliest escapades Was an
attemopt at a parachute fiight from the
roof of her home. It failed. Now she
jis to again essay @ trip through the
air. :
When Mrs. Lockwood was approached
with the invitation to be the guest of
the aeroplane company in a flight, she
Jost no time in accepting it, and then,
declaring that this will not be her first
attempt to fiy, recounted the adventure
of her childhood.
@he said that when about ten years
old she became interipely interested
in the flight of swallows, And decided
to try ‘the effects of frying.
Obtaining most of the umbrellas in
-ther home, she stols away to the roof
‘of an Th” which ran back of the home,
fand which afforded a 12foot drop to
j the ground,
Opening the umbrellas she sprang
: - MRS. BELVA A. LOCKWOOD, .
jinto the air, but her ideas as to th? | Noted Advocate of Peace, Who Plans to 4dd An Aeroplane Ride to Her List
; efficacy of umbrellas were nat justi-
ified, and she came stratght down, un- of Achievements.
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she was there as a delegate of the | which he based his right to offer his
Noted Advocate Universal Peace Union. {services to arbitrate in the Russo-
Of Peace. From that time until this she had’ wag as follows
The activities of Belva A. Lockwood missed few of the meetings of the. fsic]
nave been varied, and have won a tig pesce éongreasés, and in Septem-
. ber next siz will ga, to Rome «gs dele-
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Born in Royalton, N. Y., Mrs. Lock- nee . ' ing © ve Peace Bu .
wood in early womanhood took up the |’ When 3&8. Lockwood attended the.
study of law, and soen became one of Paris con’ mee in 18 she. made one
, . of the opesing speeches in “rench. n
the leaders in the cause of votes foT | inis speectt was exbodied the thought,
women. As a child she was fond of | drat sugegsted .to her by Alfred HH.
boys pastimes, and there soon began to} Love, whijh she incorporated in the
\ develop in her those tendencies which form of a,resolution she presented 10,
were Sestined to make her among the | the then Senator, afterward Secretary, |
lbest Known of women lawyers, and | Sherman, anc subsequently to President
one of the pioneers tn the new women Haves TMs resoiucon. quotec ty An-
movement in the country. drew Carnegie in the deed of gift to the
‘Ag early as 1885 she became interested | Peace Foutdation, was passed by ban
in the cause of universal peace, and | houses of Gongress February 4, is88, but
{when the first international peace cOn- was not refified urth June 5, 1890.
, gress tc eonsider arbitration as & sub- This resduiion, vpon which President
igtitute for war met in. Paris, in 189, Roosevelt vas the first to act, and upon
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reformatted digital
Belva Ann Lockwood Papers, SCPC-DG-098 --http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/scpc-dg-098
Lockwood-0102_50