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Index
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
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 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 Supreme Court, 65
writes opinion admitting Lavinia Goodell to the Wisconsin Supreme Court bar, 71
Collier, Goodwin: argues against Mary Hall’s admission to the bar, 139
Columbia University School of Law: growth of, 19
refuses to admit Lemma Barkaloo, 35
refuses to admit women, ix
Columbian Law School (D.C.), 78
Conger, Judge Harmon: appoints Lavinia Goodell to represent two criminal defendants, 63, 168
divorce case decision, 62
eventually administers bar examination to Lavinia Goodell, 54–55
Ingalls case argued in his court, 71
Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform, 124, 126–28
Congress of Women Lawyers, 124–26, 152
Conkling, Senator Roscoe: opposed equal opportunity for women lawyers, 91
Cort, Charlotte Van: client of Belva Lockwood, 87
Couzins, Phoebe, ix
admitted to Washington University law program, 35–36
does not practice law, 37; 49
meets Belva Lockwood, 80
coverture, 38
Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de, 13
Cronise, Florence: on her professional philosophy, 192
Davis, Pauline: speaks at 1870 NWSA convention, 11
Delmas, Delphin: law partner of Clara Foltz’s brother, Samuel, 118
Dickens, Charles, 12
Dickinson, Anna: backs Lavinia Goodell’s woman suffrage proposal, 61
influence on Myra Bradwell, 29
Doe, Charles (N.H. chief justice): writes opinion in Ricker’s Petition, 144
Drachman, Virginia, x
Drake, Judge Charles: officiates when Belva Lockwood seeks admission to the U.S. Court of Claims bar, 87–88
Dundore, Lavinia: fails to win appointment as first D.C. woman constable and bill collector, 89
paralegal, 89, 92
Duniway, Abigail: old friend of Clara Foltz and publisher of The New Northwest, 120–21
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: case at U.S. Supreme Court won by Belva Lockwood, 100–103
Edmunds, Senator George: speaks against equal opportunity for women lawyers, 91
Edson, Susan, D.C.: reformer and physician, 79
testifies in Wallace case, 95
Edwards, Rebecca, 24
Equity Club: Catharine McCulloch letter about candidacy, 148
letters about Mary Hall, 141–42, 144
Mary Greene writes a letter to, 173, 182
McCulloch letter about marriage and law partnership, 149–50
Robinson urges stenographic knowledge, 166
Robinson explains why she left Washington Territory, 170
Robinson on marriage and work, 178–79
Robinson upbeat about women lawyers, 172
source of many discussions, 187–91
wide range of opinions in letters, 205–6
woman lawyers correspondence group, xv
Field, David Dudley: critic of law apprenticeship, 18–19
observes changes in legal profession, 21–22
Fifteenth Amendment: excludes women, 10