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Introduction of Barbara Babcock: Foltz remarks

Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin

Patience Milrod, author (with M.Schwartz and S. Brandt) of the article that launched Barbara Babcock on the Foltz biography (Clara Shortridge Foltz: Pioneer in the Law, 27 Hastings L. Rev. 545) gave this introduction at the Bell Tower Club in … Continue reading →

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Photos from Politics & Prose

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

Photos of Barbara Babcock giving a book talk at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Photos taken by Angela Davis.

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An almost forgotten trailblazer gets her due

Posted on June 3, 2011 by admin

A hundred years later, a trailblazer gets her due, by Kristina Horton Flaherty, California Bar Journal, June 2011. One hundred years after she helped women win the right to vote in California, Clara Shortridge Foltz, the state’s first woman lawyer, … Continue reading →

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Mueller formally elevated to Sacramento’s federal district court

Posted on March 16, 2011 by admin

Mueller formally elevated to Sacramento’s federal district court The Sacramento Bee, March 12, 2011

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Recommended Sources

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

Recommended Sources: “Barbara Babcock, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz“ Second Class Justice [web log comment]. Retrieved from http://www.secondclassjustice.com/?page_id=252 (Feb. 28, 2011)

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DoubleX Book of the Week: “Woman Lawyer” by Barbara Babcock

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

DoubleX Book of the Week: “Woman Lawyer” by Barbara Babcock By Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, Feb. 11, 2011.

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Barbara Babcock on her book Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz

Posted on January 26, 2011 by admin

Barbara Babcock on her book Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz Rorotoko, January 26, 2011

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A Force for Change – Beatrice Morrow Cannady

Posted on April 15, 2010 by admin

New book: A Force for Change: Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936. Author: Kimberly Mangun Publisher: Oregon State University Press Date: 2010. As the book’s Introduction starts: “Beatrice Morrow Cannady was one of Oregon’s … Continue reading →

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Beatrice Morrow Cannady – Oregon Experience

Posted on April 15, 2010 by admin

New DVD: Title: Beatrice Morrow Cannady [videorecording] / a co-production of Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Oregon Historical Society. Imprint: Portland, OR : Oregon Public Broadcasting, c2007. Note: “Beatrice Morrow Cannady was a leading African-American civil rights activist in Portland … Continue reading →

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Alma Mater: Clara Foltz and Hastings College of the Law

Posted on February 2, 2010 by admin

Alma Mater: Clara Foltz and Hastings College of the Law by Barbara Babcock 21 Hastings Women’s Law Journal 99 (2010) “Clara Foltz once called herself a “sort of mother” at Hastings.  But her child was unruly and ungrateful in its … Continue reading →

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