New Britain herald., 1917-05-19
ONLY WOMAN ID RUN
 FOR PRESIDENT DIES

Mrs. LockEOed Was Named by
 Equal Rights Party in "A FOUGHT FOR SEX RIGHTS Was Instrumental in Having Bfn
 Passed Admitting women to Prac-
 tice Before Supreme Court and was
 First to Take Advantage of Law.
 Washington. May 19.-Mrs. Belva 4 B. Lockwood. the first woman ad- mitted to practice before the supreme court, a pioneer in the woman suf- frage movement, and the only wom- an who ever was candidate for pres- ident of the United States, died here today after long illness, aged se years.
 Mrs. Lockwood had herself told the anecdote of how she became one of the hrst women in this country to light for equal rights. A widow at twenty-four years of age, with a child. she was teaching school in her na- tive town. Royalton, N. F., at a sal- ary of only $3 . week. Men teach CTS. doing the same work, were get ting twice as. much, or more.
 II kicked to the school trustees" she said. 1T went to the wife of the Methodist minister. The answer I got opened my eyes and raised my ,dander. She said: I can't help you; you cannot help yourself, for 1t is the way of the world.'''
 The then apparent hopeleasness of woman'e cause 50 aroused her that she fought for more than fifty years against the exclusion of women from rights which men enjoyed. She for tified herself with . collegiate educa- ton at Genessse college. in the days when higher education was rare among women. and for successive periods was preceptress of seminaries N. '.
 In each place she was a leader among womens societies, and when at the close of tho Civil war she re- moved to Washington she was deter
  place before tho bar. In the mean. time she married again, to the Rev. Ezekiel Lockwood, . Baptist oaergy- man in Washington. who died ndne yeaTu later, in 1877. Her frst hus- band had been uriah H. McNall. . yOung turner In sRoyaleon. aF EAahts NAy neGose supresne Court,
 Soon after her second marriage she began study at the National Univer- sity of Law, and upon graduation, af- ter spirited controversey, was admit ted to practice before the supreme court of the District of Columbia
 T never stopped fighting" she said. ''My cause was the cause of women. I drew up bill admitting United States supreme court, and | had 1t passed"
 This victory made her widely ac- claimed. She herself was the first woman to take advantage of the new Mw, and at the age of 49 was admit-- t6d to the highest court in the land.
 She ron several notable legal bat tles, iiSauding the case of the Eastern Cherokses VI. the United States, in which she secured a settlement of $5, ,00O, 900 for the Indians.
 During President Garfield's admin istration she made an unsuccessful application for the Brazilian mission.
 The most striking incident of her career then came, in 1884. with nom- ination by the equal rights party of the Pacific slope aS . candidate for the presidency of the United States. Vain as the action was it was 8 unique distinction. The nomination was re- newed by the same party meeting in Iowa four year1 later.
 "when the notice of my first nom- ination came" Mrs. Lockwood has re- lated, s'I did not know what to do with 1t, so I stuck 1t in my pocket, and kept 1t secret for several days, until was asked to support Ben But- Ter for the presidency. I can't do 1t answered, T have 2 nomjnation my self The politician appeared skep- tical. 50 she produced tho document, under pledge of secrecy but before night 1t was in the newspaporR In 1889 she was 8 delegate of the Universal Peace Union to tho Inter- national Peace Congress in Paris, and l again in 1890 to the congress at Lon 1 don where she presented papers on arbitration and disarmament. She leo ! tured throughout the country, anu un- til her last days maintained her law l office in Washington
 She was born October 24. 1880. Hea maiden name was Belva Anna Ben- nett.
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