Telegram-herald., 1889-06-30
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pine for love or Asr. No modern NO
HaaE ~oaid be A-pt out 0f coars By tie
fear "a sach .usosgti bliity ga tas pafs II
Sas lxlry, bat IA tbs nainds 0f LsAnJ 10
must bs confessed that gns calling and
.iscEios of Ihs ~Oa1sa lawyer are not as
clear "a the WOMAN Ia uzesileins. Never.
sasiess tns socesss achlsssd by most of
tse somsa ~hS nave sas-Fsd the prOfes-
xlOa proves that they have = place Ia is.
sad in the Nest especially the Woman Of
Ias 4. becoming the sssssEial Importance
a. ali sbs Varied movements IA which her
EEK . easaxed
London ass . ~Oman convey aneer who
4 said 10 10 good business snd IA give
satisfaction 10 her clients la france a
legal diploma hAs been awarded 90 Mile.
Caaay-ilu- In Russia there are professors
81 the ~. FetsrsDgrS faculty ~ho lecture
GA law before the women courses. thou "a
Wouaen are forbidden Oy the Gogsrnment
e. -azass la lezal practice This couatry
h lbe oaly 0ns which has any agprseiab!s
number Of women lawyers
it - oaly twenty years this mOath since
the nrst woman made "A attempt u saiu
admission Co tho bar. bat the number OF
womsn law yers has increased 80 RAPIDLY
that a. the Nouian's Congress IA Wash
itiztou last year . - Oman's lutcrnatiOnal
h,,r Association 49, formed. The pur
poses set forth Ia It's constitution arc g.
open Ia. schools 20 women, tO remove al
disabilities OK admission 20 the bar and the
beach. % spread information a. Z,
wOman's legal status and To better hei
legal coalition. The nrst Board Of Officers
elected wzs ~ follows: President. Cath
crime V. Waite. Of Chicago, General See
r-tsry. Ada NJ Bltt.nbruder. Lincoln
Neb. Treasurer. j Ellen Foster. OF Iowa
Secretary foe the United States. Leila J
Robinson. of Boston. Mess. with secrets
Ti-= Tor all the foreign countries repre-
s~nt-d 0y legal delegates
There are representative women lawyers
though the most famous prscticing womar
lawyer ia the country - our friend Belv'
L0ck wood whose campaign for the Presi
deuey on the platform OF tho Equal Right
Party afforded ~ 80 much inoOcen
amusement in 1884 and again last fall
Mr. Lockwood has gone to Europe tht
summer as co-delegste with = woman
preacher, the Rev Amanda DeyO, 10 tn
International Peace Convention, but tha
l. no reason why should not ssy behinC
her back that she Is very clever wOmsI
who will never let her bread drop butte
side down.
B-Ivs lockwood was a practitioner II
several Of the lower courts Of the Dl-tric
of Columbia. but was debarred the priyi
le.ses OF the Supreme Court until she se
cured the passage ot AN act OF Congress il
isI9 preventing the exclusion OF women
She graduated from the National Univer
sitY Law school and edited for some year
the Legal Netrs. published in Chicago
she has been counsel for the defense II
numbers ot murder trials. and has 200
clients who are spplicats for places on th'
pension rolls. she i nSt an exceptionally
clever lawyer. In spite Of these achieve
m.nt. having small gift OF logic or powe
of consecutive thought, but Is rather
woman OF strong personality. much ex
scutive ability. and talent for gettin.
there on schedule time. She has a geniu
for advertising. and - quite aware that {,
address Il 900 people IN month at fai
grounds. Grand Army encampments
grsngers' reunions and the like. To be e
corted 20 grand stands by torchlight prs
cessions and bands Of music will max
ones practice grow. Mrs. Lockwood /
something more than 8fty years old, /
personally popular. aud has a fetching wa
tn conversation. Her hair - gray he
mouth mobile Aad her face expressive.
The woman doctor Was born on the Al
ltntic ssaboard and migrated toward tn
Pacific coast IN praire schooner. bu
the woman lawyer il true product OF ia
Western soil IN June. 1859. Arabella A
Mansfield applied 70 the Iowa bar "a
Mount Pleasant for examination for al
mission - an attorney. and was receive
without hesitation. a year earlier Ph0eb
Cousins. since famous as United State
Marshal hal begun her ave studies q
the Washington University Law School
~
MYra BrsdwrIl. OF Chicago, Engaged il
the drsE contest over the admlssionof
woman - the bar. Mrs BradwelTs nam
was brought before the Supreme Court %
Illinois. some of whose members were ID
sympathy with her cau=-. Toe poin
ulsde against her wa that being ma.
ried Woman aud hence incOmp petsnt Z
MAKE contracts she wss ineligible. Mrs
Brsdvell pleaded her own cause In n
able brisf aud the court shifted it, groun
g general disability on the score II - Z
Finally. the case went 20 the Unite
States supreme Court where senator Mat
Csrpsnter sppesrsd for her The deci slo
wss adverse. though Chief Justice Chas
diss~nted from tn. illibersl opinion
OTHER q the earlier wo@en lawyers ~.r
Ada n KsplY q Efinghsm. I'M. VII
graduated a. the Uuion College 81
law in 1870 and vas admitted - the ~
az her houae without opposition. and Mr.
= ellen Foster. who was "a omitted - n
b1r IN lows In iS72 and who was durin
tbs lsst CAMPAIGN the MOST prominent r.
public an IN he country IN petticosts. be
iax chairman % zoe Wornan's Nations
Repuhiiesa Committee. Mrs. Foster wen
into i-sx>l - vel "a domestic psrfuel
ship with her husband. the firm name o.
tha .hin Il. heinH E,sker & F.sstar =