Rebels at the Bar: The Fascinating, Forgotten Stories of America’s First Women Lawyers

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255 A Woman of the Century: biographies of leading American women published by Frances Willard and Mary Livermore, 178 Adams, Abigail: “Remember the Ladies ,” 2 Adams, Annette Abbott: lawyer in the Justice Department, 209 Adams, John: independence of lawyers , 16, 19 Addams, Jane: year ahead of Catharine Waugh McCulloch at Rockford Seminary, 145 Albany Law Journal: editors support women lawyers, 42 Aldrich, William: co-founder of Woman ’s National Liberal Union, 122–23 Allen, Florence E. (judge): inspired by Catharine McCulloch, 153–54; appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals, 183, 208–9 American Foreign Service: Belva Lockwood attempts to open to women, 77 American Law Journal, 31 American Woman’s Republic: organization to train women in law and civics, 128 American Woman Suffrage Association : founders, 10, 160 Ames, Mary Clemmer, 79 Anneke, Mathilde, 59 Anthony, Susan B.: agitates for equal pay, 9; critical of Matthew Carpenter , 41; influenced by Lucy Stone, 8; tours California, 108 Arnell, Samuel M.: congressman with whom Belva Lockwood works to win anti-discrimination legislation, 79 Babcock, Barbara, 112, 118, 127, 131–32 Barkaloo, Lemma, ix; admitted to Washington University law program , 35; death of, 37; denied admission to Columbia Law School, 49 Batlan, Felice, 201 Beecher, Catharine, 7, 11 Beecher, Henry Ward, 120 Bellamy, Edward: publishes utopian novel Looking Backward, 122 Bennett, Hannah: mother of Belva Lockwood, 74 Bennett, Lewis: father of Belva Lockwood , 74; refuses daughter’s request for higher education, 75 Bishop, Thomas B.: argues in court for client, the Hastings College of the Law, 114 Bittenbender, Ada: candidate for Nebraska Supreme Court position, 208; lawyer and reformer, xi; legal career and reform work, 192–94 Index 256 Index Blackstone, William: Commentaries, 17 Blackwell, Elizabeth: first woman physician in United States, 6 Bloomer, Amelia, 59 Boston Bar Association: opposes Lelia Robinson’s bar admission, 161 Boston School Board: women first elected, 43; women win lawsuit to serve, 99; Lucia Peabody elected to, 160 Boston University School of Law: 136; Jessie Wright and Mary Greene graduate from, 172 Bradley, Justice Joseph, 86, 114, 120; concurring opinion in Bradwell v. Illinois, ix-x, 42; influences Chief Justice Edward Ryan, 65 Bradwell, Bessie (Helmer): lawyer and daughter of Myra and James Bradwell, 43 Bradwell, James: marriage to Myra and admission to bar, 26; partnership with Frank Colby, 27 Bradwell, Myra, ix, xi, 86, 87, 92, 121 126, 204; appeals case to U.S. Supreme Court, 40–41; argues for women presenters at the Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform, 181; drafts Illinois employment anti-discrimination law, 42–43; invites Belva Lockwood to speak, 81; launches law publishing business including Chicago Legal News, 31–34; prints Lavinia Goodell’s response to Justice Edward Ryan, 66; refused admission to bar in Illinois, 37–39; writes about Catharine Waugh McCulloch , 146 Bradwell v. Illinois: argued, 40–41; Supreme Court concurring opinion by Justice Joseph Bradley, 86, 139; Supreme Court majority opinion by Justice Samuel Miller, 41–42 Brandeis, Louis D.: opposes suffrage for women, 160; writes for the Green Bag, 178 Briggs, Emily (“Olivia”): at Belva Lockwood’s swearing in, 93; D.C. journalist, 79 Brown, Antoinette: ordained as a minister , 6–8, 9 Burlingame, Lettie: on political campaigning , 192; takes exception to “woman’s delicate organization,” 190 Burnett, Dr. Mary Weeks: helped Catharine Waugh McCulloch in law school, 146 California bar: mid–19th century, 23–24 Cannon, Dr. Martha Hughes: runs successfully for Utah State senate, 152 Caraway, Hattie: elected to the U.S. Senate, 183 Carloss, Helen R.: from Mississippi, 210; U.S. government attorney, 209 Carpenter, Matthew: Fourteenth Amendment argument, 41; lawyer for Myra Bradwell, 40–41 Cary, Mary Ann Shadd: enrolls at Howard Law School, 35 Case, Sarah: receives money and jewelry in Lavinia Goodell’s will, 72 Cassoday, John B.: Wisconsin legislator helps Lavinia Goodell win passage of her anti-discrimination law, 68 Chase, Justice Salmon P.: early law career, 18, 56 Chicago Legal News (CLN): article about Catharine McCulloch, 153; content, 31–34; launched, 31; Myra Bradwell’s newspaper championing Index 257 women’s rights, xv; should women lawyers wear hats, 188 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 99 Clay, Henry, 20 Cleveland, President Grover: appoints John Senter national bank examiner , 200; tells wives of Cabinet members not to ride bicycles, 185 Colby, Clara: letter from friend Belva Lockwood, 102; newspaper publisher , 121; speaks in Seattle in support of woman suffrage, 169 Cole, Orsamus: justice of the Wisconsin...