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Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician, educator, and author who was active in the women's rights and women's suffrage movements.
May 15, 2024 · Belva Ann Lockwood (born Oct. 24, 1830, Royalton, N.Y., U.S.—died May 19, 1917, Washington, D.C.) was an American feminist and lawyer who was the first woman admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Sep 28, 2020 · Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood was an American feminist and lawyer who was the first woman admitted to argue a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Her work “blazed the way for independent womanhood, often in the face of ridicule as well as contemptuous opposition.”
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Teacher, lawyer, champion of women's rights, reformer, and peacemaker, Belva Ann Lockwood is a towering figure in the history of American women. Born Belva Ann Bennett in 1830, Mrs. Lockwood began her career as a teacher.
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- AS A CHILD, SHE TRIED TO PERFORM MIRACLES. Born in 1830 to a farmer and his wife in Royalton, New York, Belva Ann Bennett was the second of five children.
- SHE PURSUED HIGHER EDUCATION—EVEN THOUGH IT WAS "UNLADYLIKE." As a child, Belva was educated in the one-room schoolhouses of local “common schools” (public schools [PDF]) in Niagara County, New York.
- SHE DEMANDED EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK. Upon graduating, Belva was offered the preceptress position at a common school near her hometown of Royalton, a job that allowed her to reassume custody of her daughter.
- SHE TRIED TO BECOME A DIPLOMAT. Belva wanted to enter the consular service, and during the administration of President Andrew Johnson she applied for a position as a consular officer in Ghent, Belgium—an unheard-of position for a woman.
Oct 21, 2016 · Meet the First Woman to Run a Full Presidential Campaign More than 100 years before Hillary Clinton, Belva Lockwood ran for president of the United States. Now, she's risen from her grave at the Congressional Cemetery.
Nov 7, 2016 · But more than a century ago, a woman named Belva Ann Lockwood was the first to appear on a ballot. Running the first full American presidential campaign as a female candidate might, in fact, have been the least of Ms. Lockwood’s accomplishments.
