REFORMERS > social reformer, lawyer > Belva Lockwood

Belva Lockwood: The glory of...

Source: REFORMERS

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

Source: Quoted in: Mary Virginia Fox, Lady for the Defense, pt. 3, ch. 13 (1975).
-- Belva Lockwood, (Oct 24 1830-1917), US social reformer, lawyer; She was the first woman to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1879; effective women's right advocate.


(C)2024 Quotable Women - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Women
Harrisonburg, VA