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Aug 8, 2024 · Lockwood next set her sights on the nation's highest court. After years of being denied, on March 3, 1879, she became the first female lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court bar.
Lockwood later sponsored Samuel R. Lowery to the Supreme Court bar, making him the fifth black attorney to be admitted, and ultimately the first to argue a case before the court. Lockwood had a 43-year career as a lawyer.
Oct 20, 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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May 1, 2008 · Refused admission to the U.S. Court of Claims bar, she waged an ultimately successful five-year fight to get qualified women attorneys the privilege of practicing in federal courts. On March 3, 1879, Lockwood was sworn in as the first female member of the U.S. Supreme Court bar.
Nov 30, 2020 · Belva Lockwood garnered fellow activists and enlisted Washington connections after her rejection from the Claims Court. She immediately began lobbying Congress to pass legislation preventing any court from excluding qualified women from practice based on their sex or coverture .
However, when one of her cases was brought to the federal Court of Claims a few months later, she was refused admission, both to the Court of Claims, and later to the Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood petitioned Congress to pass a law to prohibit any woman "otherwise qualified" from being debarred from practice before any U.S. court.
Belva Lockwood (1830-1917) was the first American female attorney and the first woman to run for president of the United States. She refused to accept discriminatory laws and asserted her right as a woman to plead cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
